Director Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
8 May 2001



Directors' Interests in Anglo American plc Ordinary Shares - Bonus Issue

At an Extraordinary General Meeting of Anglo American plc ('AA plc') held on 4
May 2001 the ordinary shareholders approved the proposed bonus issue of three
new AA plc ordinary shares for each existing AA plc ordinary share held and the
directors allotted the shares to shareholders registered on that date. 
Accordingly, the directors' interests in AA plc ordinary shares, with effect
from 4 May 2001, were as follows:

                        Before bonus issue            After bonus issue
                  Share     Conditional  Options  Share     Conditional Options
                  Interest                        Interests

J Ogilvie Thompson   36,793*  5,770      180,303     147,172*  23,080    721,212
A I Trahar            4,724   4,705      125,628      18,896   18,820    502,512
L Boyd               12,764     714      110,933      51,056    2,856     44,732
M W King             16,585     744      130,933      66,340    2,976    523,732

Dr J W Campbell      11,917   2,594      123,247      47,668   10,376    492,988
A W Lea               6,320   4,197       66,152      25,280   16,788    264,608
Sir David Scholey     2,000       -            -       8,000        -          -
N F Oppenheimer  29,257,783£      -            - 117,031,132£       -          -
Dr C E Fay              400       -            -       1,600        -          -
R M Godsell              23       -            -          92        -          -
Sir Chips Keswick     1,000       -            -       4,000        -          -
R J Margetts            300       -            -       1,200        -          -
P S Wilmot-Sitwell    1,000       -            -       4,000        -          -

* J Ogilvie Thompson's interest in 16,000 (64,000 after the bonus issue) of     
  these shares arises as a result of his wife's interest in a trust which owns
  these shares.  His interest in 15,000 (60,000 after the bonus issue) of these
  shares arises as a result of his being one of approximately 620 members of the
  Combined Annuity Retirement Fund, which is a registered retirement annuity
  fund under the South African Pensions Fund Act. In addition J Ogilvie Thompson
  has an interest in discretionary trusts which have an indirect economic       
  interest in 4.59 per cent. of the 29,257,760 (117,031,040 after the bonus
  issue) shares referred to in the next footnote by virtue of his interest in
  discretionary trusts of which he is a potential discretionary beneficiary.

£ N F Oppenheimer has an interest in discretionary trusts that have an indirect
  economic interest in 84.51 per cent. of 29,257,760 (117,031,041 after the 
  bonus issue) shares, by virtue of his being a potential discretionary
  beneficiary of trusts which are interested as disclosed.  His non-beneficial
  interest in 355,284 (1,421,136 after the bonus issue) shares arises as a 
  result of his and his wife's positions as trustees of a charitable trust.