Director's/PDMR's Interests Anglo American plc Incorporated in the United Kingdom (Registration number: 3564138) Short name: Anglo Share code: AGL ISIN number: GB00B1XZS820 (the "Company") DIRECTOR’S / PDMR’s INTERESTS The Company announces that Byron Grote, an independent non-executive director of the Company, acquired 2,500 unsponsored American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) in respect of the Company's ordinary shares on 13 December 2013 at a price of US$10.25 per ADR. One ADR represents 0.5 ordinary shares of US$0.54945 each in the capital of the Company. The notification of these transactions is to satisfy the Company's obligations under the Financial Conduct Authority Disclosure and Transparency Rules 3.1.2 to 3.1.4 and Listing rule 9.6.11. 16 December 2013 Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd For further information, please contact: Media Investors UK UK James Wyatt-Tilby Leng Lau Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8759 Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8540 Emily Blyth Caroline Crampton Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8481 Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 2192 South Africa Sarah McNally Pranill Ramchander Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8747 Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2592 Anglo American is one of the world’s largest mining companies, is headquartered in the UK and listed on the London and Johannesburg stock exchanges. Our portfolio of mining businesses meets our customers’ changing needs and spans bulk commodities – iron ore and manganese, metallurgical coal and thermal coal; base metals and minerals – copper, nickel, niobium and phosphates; and precious metals and minerals – in which we are a global leader in both platinum and diamonds. At Anglo American, we are committed to working together with our stakeholders – our investors, our partners and our employees – to create sustainable value that makes a real difference, while upholding the highest standards of safety and responsibility across all our businesses and geographies. The company’s mining operations, pipeline of growth projects and exploration activities span southern Africa, South America, Australia, North America, Asia and Europe. www.angloamerican.com Date: 17/12/2013 07:10:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.