Transactions in shares by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (“PDMRs”) Anglo American plc Incorporated in the United Kingdom (Registration number: 3564138) Short name JSE: Anglo Share code JSE: AGL Short name NSX: Anglo-AMRC NM Share code NSX: ANM ISIN number: GB00B1XZS820 (the "Company") Transactions in shares by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (“PDMRs”) 86/ Ordinary shares of 54 91 US cents each (“Shares”) The Company received notification on 17 August 2015 of the following transactions in its Shares by PDMRs which took place on 14 August 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 (“purchased Shares”), 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 £7.695 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 19 19 R Médori 19 19 P Mellier 19 19 A Michaud 13 13 D Wanblad 16 16 P G Whitcutt 16 16 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 17 August 2015 Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd Date: 17/08/2015 05:35:00 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.