Anglo American PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (4786K)

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RNS Number : 4786K

Anglo American PLC

16 April 2015

Anglo American plc (the "Company")

Transactions in shares by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMRs")

Ordinary shares of 54 (86/) (91) US cents each ("Shares")

The Company received notification on 16 April 2015 of the following transactions in its Shares by PDMRs which took place on 14 April 2015.

The Anglo American Share Incentive Plan ("SIP") is an Inland Revenue approved employee share plan under which employees are able to buy Shares using monthly deductions from salary, and are allotted an equivalent number of Shares by the Company at nil cost ("matching Shares"). Both the purchased Shares and the matching Shares are held in the SIP Trust and the matching Shares vest on the third anniversary of their allotment.

The following PDMRs each purchased Shares at a price of GBP9.987 per Share and were allotted an equal number of matching Shares at nil cost:

 
 Name             Number of purchased   Number of matching 
                   Shares                Shares 
 M Cutifani       15                    15 
 R Médori    15                    15 
 P Mellier        15                    15 
 D Wanblad        13                    13 
 P G Whitcutt     12                    12 
 

The notification of these transactions is to satisfy the Company's obligations under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules. All the transactions took place in London.

John Mills

Group Company Secretary

16 April 2015

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