Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1525P

Anglo American PLC

19 March 2009

 

ANGLO AMERICAN plc 

                                                   (the "Company")

DIRECTOR/PDMR INTERESTS

BONUS SHARE PLAN ("BSP") - 2009 AWARD

The Company announces that on 18 March 2009, the following awards of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company ("Shares") were made for nil consideration pursuant to the BSP. 

The Company awarded the following Shares, conditional on continued employment until 31 December 2011, subject to the rules of the BSP(1):

Director / PDMR	Gross Shares Awarded	Net Shares Awarded (after tax / NI where applicable)
C B Carroll	82,341	82,341
R Médori	53,674	53,674
P M Baum	31,259	31,259
B R Beamish	25,844	25,844
I D Cockerill	21,743(2)	21,743
K Dlamini	6,577(2)	6,577
R J King*	36,790	21,706
M A S Walker*	9,933(2)	5,859
D M Weston	22,861	22,861

*All participants in the BSP can, if they wish, make an election under s431 ITEPA 2003 to pay the tax and NI liability on an award at the date of grant. The PDMRs indicated above elected to do so, and shares were sold from the gross award on the date of grant at a price of £11.308822 to meet this liability.

In accordance with the determination of the Remuneration Committee, and in accordance with the rules of the BSP, the Company also conditionally awarded, on 18 March 2009, the number of enhancement Shares specified below, the issue of which is subject to the attainment of a stretching earnings per share performance condition during a three-year performance period ending on 31 December 2011:

Director / PDMR	Shares Awarded
C B Carroll	61,755
R Médori	40,255
P M Baum	23,444
B R Beamish	19,383
I D Cockerill	16,307
K Dlamini	4,932
R J King	27,592
M A S Walker	7,449
D M Weston	17,145

(1) - See pages 70 to 71 of the Anglo American 2008 Annual Report for full details of the BSP.

(2) - BSP Award pro-rated to reflect appointment during the year.

The notification of these transactions is to satisfy the Company's obligations under the UKLA Disclosure and Transparency Rules 3.1.2 to 3.1.4.

N Jordan

Company Secretary

19 March 2009

 

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