Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
28 February 2007



                       Anglo American plc ("the Company")

Director/PDMR's Interests

The Company announces that on 28 February 2007 Mr P Smith, a Person Discharging
Managerial Responsibility of the Company ("PDMR"), exercised options to acquire
and immediately sold, ordinary shares of US$0.50 in the capital of the Company
(the "Shares") under the Anglo American plc Rollover Scheme as follows:

Number of Share Options      Option Strike Price         Share Sale Price

                    11,800           ZAR51.25                           £24.55
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.

Andy Hodges
Deputy Secretary
28 February 2007



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