Director S'holding-Amendment

Anglo American PLC
28 January 2002

                               Anglo American plc

                                ('the Company')

        (Incorporated in accordance with the laws of England and Wales)

                          Registration number 3564138



Notification of Interests of Directors and Connected Persons

We received today a correction to a notification given to Anglo American plc on
4 December 2001. Accordingly, the issuer advises that the following replaces the
director shareholding announcement released on 5 December 2001 at 13:15 under
RNS number 2174O.

The date of advice should have read 4 December 2001 and not 4 September 2001 as
previously stated and the non-beneficial interest in the Company should have
read 23,188 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each and not 23,972 as previously stated.

All other details remain unchanged and the full amended text is stated below.

'Please note that we were advised on 4 December 2001 that pursuant to the
provisions of section 324(2) of the Companies Act 1985, Mr J Ogilvie Thompson
has acquired a non-beneficial interest in 23,188 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each
in the Company and 239 ordinary shares of Rand 0.50 each in AngloGold Limited,
as a result of him being appointed a Trustee of his parents' Will Trusts.'



28 January 2002



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