Directors' interests 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”) PDMR/DIRECTORS’ INTERESTS The Company received notification on 4 March 2016 of the following transactions in ordinary shares (“Shares”) in the capital of the Company by PDMRs which took place on 4 March 2016. Awards of Shares at nil cost under the Company’s Bonus Share Plan (“BSP”) made on 4 March 2016. Under the terms of the BSP, two thirds of each Share award will be released in 2019, subject to continued employment. The remaining one third of each award will be subject to a further holding period of two years, and will be released in 2021. Name of Director / PDMR Number of Shares Mark Cutifani 133,904 Rene Medori 80,733 Tony O'Neill 88,275 Seamus French 110,110 Peter Whitcutt 105,716 Duncan Wanblad 101,718 Philippe Mellier 111,776 Anik Michaud 50,363 Bruce Cleaver 61,108 Bruce Cleaver’s award relates to his employment prior to becoming a PDMR and as such will be released in full in 2019, subject to continued employment. Conditional awards of Shares at nil cost under the Company’s Long Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) made on 4 March 2016. The LTIP provides Directors and senior employees with Shares awarded on a conditional basis as determined by the Board’s Remuneration Committee. These awards will vest in 2019, subject to the satisfaction of performance conditions as explained in the Group’s report & accounts, and the Shares will then be subject to a further holding period of two years and will be released in 2021. Name of Director / PDMR Number of Shares Mark Cutifani 993,810 Rene Medori 543,360 Tony O'Neill 532,398 Seamus French 371,621 Peter Whitcutt 371,621 Duncan Wanblad 371,621 Philippe Mellier 371,621 Anik Michaud 180,180 Bruce Cleaver 240,990 Didier Charreton 180,180 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. J Mills Company Secretary 7 March 2016 Sponsor RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited) Date: 07/03/2016 04:00:00 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.