Director Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
14 March 2002

                               ANGLO AMERICAN PLC

Anglo American Employee Share Ownership Plan

The Butterfield Trust (Guernsey) Limited, as trustee of the Anglo American
Employee Share Ownership Plan ("the Trust"), transferred the following Ordinary
Shares in the Company to participants of the Anglo American share schemes
leaving a balance of 57,538,863 Ordinary Shares held by the Trust:

Date of Transfer                                      Number of Ordinary Shares

07 March 2002                                                   6,200

08 March 2002                                                  52,800

11 March 2002                                                  48,197

12 March 2002                                                   7,400

13 March 2002                                                  51,444

The Company was advised of these transactions on 14 March 2002.

The following directors together with all employees are potential beneficiaries
of the Trust although the directors were not connected with the transactions
that took place on the abovementioned dates.

B E Davison

A W Lea

W A Nairn

J Ogilvie Thompson

A J Trahar



A J Guthrie
Companies Secretary
14 March 2002


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