Hldg in Co/D. Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
25 September 2001


Notifications concerning interests in ordinary shares of US$0.50 each in the
capital of Anglo American plc ('Ordinary Shares')

Notifications pursuant to sections 198(1), 202(3), 202(4) and 203(3) of the
Companies Act 1985

We received yesterday a notice given on behalf of the following entities
pursuant to the provisions of sections 198(1), 202(3), 202(4) and 203(3) of
the Companies Act 1985 ('the Act') in relation to (i) certain corrections to
notifications made to us on 12 June 2001 in relation to certain transactions
which completed on 8 June 2001 and a further notification under the Act ('the
8 June Transactions') and (ii) a further notification under the Act in
relation to a transaction which completed on 19 September 2001 ('the 19
September Transaction'). The entities concerned are:-


    *      Bastion Holdings Limited ('Bastion')

    *      Capricorn Trustees Limited ('Capricorn')

    *      Central Holdings International Limited ('CHIL')

    *      CHL Investments SA ('CHLISA')

    *      Central Holdings Limited SA ('CH')

    *      Dr K-H Ritter, Maitland Trustees Limited and C Andina (the
           'Trustees')

    *      Felton Holdings Limited ('Felton')

    *      Pradine Limited ('Pradine')

    *      Spectre Limited ('Spectre')

(i)     8 June Transactions corrections


        (a)     We have been notified that the following matter should be
        corrected in relation to the 8 June Transactions. The notification in
        relation to the 8 June Transactions stated that, in relation to the 8
        June Transactions, following the Second Transaction (as defined
        therein), of the Ordinary Shares in which Bastion, Capricorn, CHIL,
        CH, the Trustees, Pradine and Spectre had a notifiable interest,
        8,945,657 were registered in the name of Masseter Limited and
        1,169,891 were registered in the name of De Beers Investments
        (Proprietary) Limited ('DBIPL'). This notification should be corrected
        to state that, following the Second Transaction, of the Ordinary
        Shares in which Bastion, Capricorn, CHIL, CH, the Trustees, Pradine
        and Spectre had a notifiable interest, 8,945,656 shares were
        registered in the name of Capricorn Trustees Limited (holding as
        nominee for Masseter Limited) and 1,169,892 shares were registered in
        the name of DBIPL.



        (b)     We have also been informed that Bastion, Capricorn, CHIL,
        CHLISA, CH, the Trustees, Pradine and Spectre acquired, as part of the
        8 June Transactions, an interest in a further 18,321,987 Ordinary
        Shares. All of these Ordinary Shares were registered in the name of
        Debswana Diamond Company (Proprietary) Limited. Following that
        acquisition, Bastion, Capricorn, CHIL, CH, the Trustees, Pradine and
        Spectre continued to have a notifiable interest in 81,742,086 Ordinary
        Shares and CHLISA had an interest in 59,087,843 Ordinary Shares.

(ii)     19 September Transaction


        As a result of the 19 September Transaction, we have been notified
        that 1,169,182 Ordinary Shares previously registered in the name of
        DBIPL have been registered in the name of Felton Holdings Limited.

        Following this transaction, Bastion, Capricorn, CHIL, CH, the
        Trustees, Pradine and Spectre continued to have a notifiable interest
        in 81,742,086 Ordinary Shares and CHLISA continued to have an interest
        in 59,087,843 Ordinary Shares.

Notification of a change in interest pursuant to section 324(2) of the
Companies Act 1985

We received yesterday a notice given on behalf of Nicholas F Oppenheimer
pursuant to section 324(2) of the Companies Act 1985 in relation to his
becoming interested in an additional 18,321,987 Ordinary Shares resulting from
the further notification of 8 June 2001 set out in (i)(b) above.

Subsequent to the aforementioned notification Nicholas F Oppenheimer has the
following interests in Ordinary Shares:

Non-beneficial


  * Mr Oppenheimer has an interest in 1,395,136 Ordinary Shares as a trustee
    of a charitable trust

Beneficial


  * Mr Oppenheimer has an interest in discretionary trusts that have an
    indirect economic interest in 84.51 per cent. of 81,742,086 Ordinary
    Shares, by virtue of his being a potential discretionary beneficiary of
    trusts which are interested in Ordinary Shares in which CH has an
    interest.

  * Mr Oppenheimer has an interest in 26,000 Ordinary Shares which arises as
    a result of his wife's interest in a trust which has an indirect economic
    interest in 33.33 per cent. of those Ordinary Shares.

  * Mr Oppenheimer also has an interest in 92 Ordinary Shares registered in
    his own name.



Voluntary notification of a change in interest

We also received yesterday a voluntary notification given on behalf of Julian
Ogilvie Thompson. Previously, he had given notice voluntarily of an interest
in a discretionary family trust which owns an indirect economic interest in
4.59 per cent of the Ordinary Shares in which CH has an interest. As explained
in (i)(b) above, CH became interested in an additional 18,321,987 Ordinary
Shares, following which it has a continuing interest in a total of 81,742,086
Ordinary Shares. Mr Ogilvie Thompson's interest in the Ordinary Shares in
which CH has an interest is not an interest of which he is obliged to give
notice to the Company.