Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
14 November 2006



                       Anglo American plc (the "Company")

The Company has today received the following notification from Maitland & Co:

"Notification of a change in interest in shares in Anglo American plc ("the
Company") pursuant to the provisions of Sections 198(1), 202(3), 202(4) and
Section 324 of the Companies Act 1985 ("the Act"), and pursuant to paragraph

3.1.2 of the Disclosure Rules and paragraph 22(c) of the Model Code:

1.   The entities concerned are:

1.1               E Oppenheimer & Son Holdings Limited ("EO&S Holdings") of 9
                  rue Sainte Zithe, Luxembourg;

1.2               E Oppenheimer & Son International Limited ("EO&S
                  International") of  9 Columbus Centre, Pelican Drive, Road 
                  Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands;

1.3               Respite Holdings Limited ("Respite") of 9 Columbus Centre,
                  aforesaid;

1.4               E Oppenheimer & Son Group Holdings Limited ("EO&S Group
                  Holdings") of 9 Columbus Centre, aforesaid;

1.5               Spectre Limited ("Spectre") of 9 Columbus Centre, aforesaid;

1.6               Theseus Trustees (Bermuda) Limited ("the Theseus Bermuda
                  Trustees") of Richmond House, 12 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton, 
                  Bermuda.

2.   EO&S Holdings had a notifiable interest for the purposes of
Sections 198(1), 202(3) and 202(4) of the Act (a "notifiable interest") in
52,250,206 Ordinary Shares of US$0.50 in the capital of the Company, which prior
to 10 November 2006 were registered as follows:

Company                                              No of Ordinary Shares

Merrill Lynch International                                      5,000,000

EO&S Holdings                                                   47,250,206

3.   EO&S Group Holdings, Spectre, EO&S International, Respite
and the Theseus Bermuda Trustees all had a notifiable interest in 59,120,951
Ordinary Shares of US$0.50 in the capital of the Company, which prior to
10 November 2006 were registered as follows:

Company                                               No of Ordinary Shares

EO&S Holdings                                                    47,250,206

Merrill Lynch International                                       5,000,000

Debswana Diamond Company (Proprietary) Limited                    6,870,745

4.  I have been instructed to give notice to the Company
pursuant to the provisions of sections 198(1), 202(3) and 202(4) of the Act of
the matters referred to below. This notice is given in fulfilment of, and for
the express purpose of, discharging the obligations imposed on the entities
referred to above by the said sections and related provisions of Part VI of the
Act. The information is also given to you to discharge the obligations of Mr NF
Oppenheimer under Section 324 of the Act and the obligations of Mr NF
Oppenheimer and EO&S Holdings under paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure Rules and
the obligations of EO&S Holdings under paragraph 22(c) of the Model Code.

5.  As a result of the liquidation of Respite on 1 September
2006, Respite ceased to have a notifiable interest in the capital of the
Company.

6.  Mr NF Oppenheimer is a director of the Company and
accordingly is a person discharging managerial responsibilities in relation to
the Company. EO&S Holdings is connected with Mr NF Oppenheimer because Mr NF
Oppenheimer is a director of EO&S Holdings and a potential beneficiary of trusts
which have an interest in EO&S Holdings and accordingly EO&S Holdings has a
responsibility to notify certain transactions to the Company. The Company is the
issuer in relation to whom this disclosure is made.

7.  On 10 November 2006, EO&S Holdings disposed of 17,000,000
Ordinary Shares ("Ordinary Shares") of US$0.50 in the Company by means of an
off-market sale in London at a price of £23.3686 per Ordinary Share ("the
Transaction").

8.  Following the Transaction, EO&S Holdings, EO&S International, EO&S Group 
Holdings, Spectre, and the Theseus Bermuda Trustees ceased to have a notifiable 
interest in the capital of the Company for the purposes of Section 198 of the Act.

9.  As a result of the Transaction, Mr NF Oppenheimer ceased to be interested in 
17,000,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company.

Anthony H Markham
Maitland & Co"

N Jordan
Company Secretary
14 November 2006

ENDS

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