Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
23 April 2008


Anglo American plc
(the "Company")



Anglo American Long Term Incentive Plan - "LTIP"

The Company announces that Share awards granted under the LTIP in 2005 vested on
22 April 2008. These shares will be transferred to the undernoted Directors /
PDMRs subject to the deduction of ordinary shares to meet appropriate income tax
and national insurance liabilities. Following those deductions, the net
increases in share interests are:

R Medori (Director) 33,802 shares

P M Baum (PDMR) 15,803 shares
B R Beamish (PDMR) 9,403 shares
R J King (PDMR) 18,811 shares
N B Mbazima (PDMR) 11,220 shares
A E Redman (PDMR) 24,023 shares
J N Wallington (PDMR) 12,833 shares

The notification of these transactions is to satisfy the Company's obligations
under the Financial Services Authority Disclosure Rules 3.1.2 to 3.1.4.

N Jordan
Company Secretary
23 April 2008



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