Notification of transaction by Directors and PDMRs Anglo American plc (the "Company") Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AN Registered number: 3564138 (incorporated in England and Wales) Legal Entity Identifier: 549300S9XF92D1X8ME43 ISIN: GBOOB1XZS820 JSE Share Code: AGL NSX Share Code: ANM Notification of transaction by Directors and PDMRs The Company announces the following transactions in its shares by Non-executive Directors: - a purchase of Ordinary Shares by Nonkululeko Nyembezi; and - an acquisition of American Depositary Shares (ADS) by Ian Ashby in respect of the reinvestment of the 2019 Final Dividend. One ADS represents 0.5 Ordinary Shares. In accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, the relevant FCA notification is set out below. 1. Details of PDMR / PCA a) Name Nonkululeko Nyembezi 2. Reason for the notification a) Position / status Non-Executive Director (PDMR) b) Initial notification / Initial notification amendment 3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor a) Full name of the entity Anglo American plc b) LEI 549300S9XF92D1X8ME43 4. Details of the transaction(s) a) Description of the financial Anglo American plc Ordinary Shares of USD0.54945 each instrument Identification Code GB00B1XZS820 b) Nature of the transaction Purchase of Ordinary Shares c) Currency GBP - British Pound d) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s) GBP 15.514 319 e) Aggregated information Aggregated volume 319 Price GBP 15.514 f) Date of the transaction 2020-05-22 g) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange – XLON 1. Details of PDMR / person closely associated (PCA) a) Name Ian Ashby 2. Reason for the notification a) Position / status Non-Executive Director (PDMR) b) Initial notification / Initial notification amendment 3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor a) Full name of the entity Anglo American plc b) LEI 549300S9XF92D1X8ME43 4. Details of the transaction(s) a) Description of the financial Anglo American plc American Depositary Shares (ADS), each instrument ADS represented by 0.5 Ordinary Shares of USD0.54945 each Identification Code US03485P3001 b) Nature of the transaction Purchase of 92.41844 American Depositary Shares, equivalent to 46.20922 Ordinary Shares by reinvestment of the 2019 final dividend c) Currency USD – United States Dollar d) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s) USD9.87 92.41844 e) Aggregated information Aggregated volume 92.41844 Price USD 9.87 f) Date of the transaction 2020-05-19 g) Place of the transaction New York Stock Exchange – XNYS The Company has a primary listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and secondary listings on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the Botswana Stock Exchange, the Namibia Stock Exchange and the SIX Swiss Exchange. Clare Davage Deputy Company Secretary 22 May 2020 Sponsor RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited) Date: 22-05-2020 05:00:00 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.