Director Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
31 March 2003

                               ANGLO AMERICAN PLC

DIRECTORS' INTERESTS

Anglo American plc announces the following allocation of ordinary shares of
US$0.50 in the capital of the Company ("Shares") in connection with the
operation of the Company's Annual Bonus Plan.

The Annual Bonus Plan provides directors and senior employees with an annual
performance related bonus, which may be payable partly in Shares. On 4 March
2003, the Remuneration Committee of the Board of the Company determined, by
reference to the then current market price of the Shares, that options granted
under the Company's Executive Share Option Schemes should be granted at an
exercise price of £9.28, and that that same price should be the price used to
determine the number of Shares to which a participant electing to receive part
of his entitlement under the Annual Bonus Plan in shares should be entitled
under the terms of the Annual Bonus Plan.

In accordance with that determination, and in accordance with the rules of the
Annual Bonus Plan and elections of individuals, on 28 March 2003, the Company
notified relevant directors of their allocation of Shares under the Annual Bonus
Plan as follows:


Name of Director                          Number of Shares

Mr B E Davison                            5,267
Mr A W Lea                                12,803
Mr W Nairn                                10,429
Mr A J Trahar                             32,219


In accordance with the rules of the Annual Bonus Plan, participants receiving
part of their bonus entitlement in Shares are entitled to benefit from the award
of additional Shares, on a one-for-one matching basis and for no further
consideration payable on the part of the participant, subject to the
participant's continued employment with the group on the date three years after
the initial award. As a result of the operation of the deferred bonus element of
the Annual Bonus Plan, the following contingent awards of Shares (on the basis
previously described) have been made to the following directors:


Name of Director                          Number of Shares on a Contingent Basis

Mr B E Davison                            5,267
Mr A W Lea                                12,803
Mr W Nairn                                10,429
Mr A J Trahar                             32,219


The awards of Shares described in this announcement are in addition to the share
option grants referred to in the second paragraph of this announcement and
announced by the Company on 6 March 2003.


G A Wilkinson
31 March 2003


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