Transactions in shares by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (“PDMRs”) Anglo American plc (Incorporated in England and Wales) (Registration number: 3564138) ISIN: GBOOB1XZS820 JSE Share Code: AGL NSX Share Code: ANM (“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 15 December 2015 of the following transactions in its Shares by PDMRs which took place on 14 December 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 £2.9865 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 51 51 R Médori 50 50 P Mellier 50 50 A Michaud 34 34 D Wanblad 42 42 P G Whitcutt 42 42 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. Andy Hodges Deputy Company Secretary 17 December 2015 Sponsor RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited) Date: 17/12/2015 12:35:00 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.