Transactions in shares by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMRs") Anglo American plc (Incorporated in England and Wales) (Registration number: 3564138) Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AN 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 January 2016 of the following transactions in its Shares by PDMRs which took place on 14 January 2016. 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 £2.3645 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 63 63 R Médori 64 64 P Mellier 64 64 A Michaud 42 42 D Wanblad 53 53 P G Whitcutt 53 53 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 19 January 2016 Sponsor RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited) Date: 19/01/2016 02:00:00 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.