17th Nov 2005 14:37
Anglo American PLC17 November 2005 Anglo American plc (the "Company") Directors' Interests The Company announces that it was notified on 16 November 2005 by Mr D A Hathorn, an Executive Director of the Company, that on 17 November he exercised19,800 options granted to him in April 2002 in terms of the Anglo American plcLong Term Incentive Plan. Of the Anglo American plc Ordinary shares (the"Shares") arising from this exercise, 7,920 were sold at £17.73 per Share tocover his tax liability and, accordingly his beneficial interest in Sharesincreased by 11,880. The following table shows Mr Hathorn's interest in Sharesafter the above transaction. Mr D A Hathorn Beneficial Conditional Deferred BSP TOTAL bonus BSP Enhancement share Bonus Shares match LTIP(1) shares Balance at 17.11.05 38,431 7,802 82,641 22,833 17,124 168,831 Footnote (1). This column includes only LTIP conditional shares granted since2004. Prior to 2004, LTIPs were granted in the form of low cost options. The notification of these transactions is intended to satisfy the Company'sobligations under both section 324 of the Companies Act 1985 and the FinancialServices Authority Disclosure Rules 3.1.2 to 3.1.4 Note: the above table does not include details of share options held by MrHathorn. N JordanCompany Secretary17 November 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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