Director Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
30 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 57,164,887 Ordinary Shares held by the Trust:


Date of Transfer                                      Number of Ordinary Shares
   24 May 2002                                                    6,400
   27 May 2002                                                   17,300
   30 May 2002                                                   60,914



The Company was advised of these transactions on 30 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
30 May 2002



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