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12. Directors' share interests

The interests of directors who held office during the period 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009 in Ordinary Shares (Shares) of the Company and its subsidiaries were as shown in Figures 16 and 17.

Figures 18 and 19 outline the changes in the above interests which occurred between 1 January 2010 and the date of this report.

Figure 16: Shares in Anglo American plc
As at 31 December 2009 (or, if earlier, date of resignation)

Figure 17: Shares in Anglo American plc
As at 1 January 2009 (or, if later, date of appointment)

Figure 18: Shares in Anglo American plc
As at 1 January 2010 (or, if later, date of appointment)

Figure 19: Shares in Anglo American plc
As at 18 February 2010 (or, if later, date of appointment)

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Following her appointment as an executive director on 15 January 2007, Cynthia Carroll was granted 132,718 forfeitable shares conditional on her continued employment to the Group and in partial compensation for long-term incentives forgone at her previous employer. As a result of the share consolidation following the demerger of Mondi, 11,945 shares lapsed and the resultant forfeitable award was 120,773 forfeitable shares, of which 72,464 were released to her in February 2008, 24,155 were released to her in February 2009 and 24,154 will be released to her in February 2010, subject to her continued employment.

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René Médori's beneficial interest arises as a result of his wife's interest in these Shares.

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Sir Mark Moody-Stuart's beneficial interest includes 11,375 Shares arising as a result of his interest in a family trust.

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Sir John Parker, Sir Philip Hampton, Ray O'Rourke and Jack Thompson were appointed to the Board on 9 July 2009, 9 November 2009, 11 December 2009 and 16 November 2009 respectively and will all be nominated for election at the AGM in April 2010. Sir Mark Moody-Stuart and Fred Phaswana resigned from the Board as at 1 August 2009 and 1 January 2010 respectively.

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Following his appointment as chairman of the Company on 1 August 2009, Sir John Parker was awarded 31,000 ordinary shares in the Company which will be released in full on the third anniversary of his appointment, subject to his continued chairmanship.

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Sir Rob Margetts' beneficial interest arises as a result of his wife's interest in these Shares.

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Nicky Oppenheimer's beneficial interest in 33,556,927 of these Shares arises as a result of his interest in a discretionary trust which is treated as interested in 27,300,000 Shares in which E Oppenheimer & Son Holdings Limited is treated as interested and 6,252,377 Shares in which Central Holdings Limited is treated as interested. The 6,252,377 Shares referred to above are Shares held by Debswana Diamond Company (Pty) Limited, in which Nicky Oppenheimer and Central Holdings Limited have no economic interest. His interest in 4,550 of these Shares arises as a result of his wife's interest in a trust which has an indirect economic interest in those Shares.

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Jack Thompson acquired 5,000 unsponsored American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) in respect of the Company's ordinary shares at a price of $20.70 per ADR. One ADR represents 0.5 ordinary shares of $0.54945 each in the capital of the Company.

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Mr Karel Van Miert passed away in 2009.

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