Director Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
23 May 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 57,249,501 Ordinary Shares held by the Trust:

   Date of Transfer            Number of Ordinary Shares
 
     20 May 2002                            243

     21 May 2002                         13,600
 
     22 May 2002                         13,000



The Company was advised of these transactions on 22 May 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

23 May 2002



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