Director Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
16 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 57,276,344 Ordinary Shares held by the Trust:

             Date of Transfer                       Number of Ordinary Shares
               13 May 2002                                    15,959
               15 May 2002                                    12,100
               16 May 2002                                     8,500



The Company was advised of these transactions on 16 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

16 May 2002



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