Director Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
18 January 2002


                              ANGLO AMERICAN PLC

Directors' Interests

Below are details of changes in directors' interests in the Ordinary Shares of
Anglo American plc (the 'Company').

At the close of business of 10 January 2002, the Butterfield Trust (Guernsey)
Limited, as trustee of the Anglo American Employee Share Ownership Plan ('the
Trust'), transferred 74,785 Ordinary Shares in the Company to participants of
the Anglo American share schemes leaving a balance of 58,556,425 Ordinary
Shares held by the Trust.

The Company was advised of this transaction on 17 January 2002.

The Trust is a discretionary trust of which employees or former employees of
Anglo American plc and certain of its subsidiaries are potential
beneficiaries. The following directors are, therefore, interested in the
Ordinary Shares held in the Trust from time to time in the same way as other
employees or former employees of Anglo American plc and certain of its
subsidiaries:-

B E Davison

A W Lea

W A Nairn

J Ogilvie Thompson

A J Trahar



G A Wilkinson

Deputy Secretary

18 January 2002