Holding in Company

Anglo American PLC
15 June 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) and 202(4) of the Companies Act 1985



 1. We received notification yesterday that, as a result of a distribution of
    Ordinary Shares to shareholders of De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited
    ('DBCM') on 8 June 2001, DBCM ceased to have an interest in 521,520,284
    Ordinary Shares of which 53,172,344 Ordinary Shares were held directly by
    DBCM and 468,347,940 Ordinary Shares were held by De Beers Investments
    (Pty) Limited, a subsidiary of DBCM.


 2. We also received notification yesterday that Old Mutual plc, as the parent
    company of a number of life assurance, banking and asset management
    operations, has certain interests in Anglo American plc Ordinary Shares.
    The notification states that, following the distribution of Ordinary
    Shares on 8 June 2001, as described above, it holds an interest in the
    Company of 6.39%, as follows:

Company                    Registered Holder               Number of Percentage
                                                           Shares
                                                           Held

Old Mutual Asset Managers  Old Mutual Life Assurance       43,496,726 2.96
(South Africa) (Pty) Ltd   Company (South Africa) Ltd
Investec Asset Management  Old Mutual Life Assurance       102,400   0.01
(Pty) Ltd (not an Old      Company (South Africa) Ltd
Mutual company)
Coronation Fund Managers   Old Mutual Life Assurance       32,472    0.00
(Pty) Ltd (not an Old      Company (South Africa) Ltd
Mutual company)
Old Mutual Asset Managers  Old Mutual (South Africa) Ltd   2,360,000 0.16
(South Africa) (Pty) Ltd
Old Mutual Asset Managers  Ashtree Investments Limited     9,866,546 0.67
(South Africa) (Pty) Ltd
Old Mutual Asset Managers  Capital Securities Limited      4,637,994 0.32
(South Africa) (Pty) Ltd
Old Mutual Asset Managers  Old Mutual Portfolio Holdings   1,281,200 0.09
(South Africa) (Pty) Ltd   (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd
Old Mutual Asset Managers  Okakharara Beleggings (Pty) Ltd 6,768     0.00
(South Africa) (Pty) Ltd
Old Mutual Asset Managers  OMAM Axiom Investments (Pty)    2,500     0.00
(South Africa) (Pty) Ltd   Ltd
Old Mutual Asset Managers  Old Mutual Unit Trusts          2,767,865 0.19
(South Africa) (Pty) Ltd
Old Mutual Asset Managers  Old Mutual Asset Managers       20,397,530 1.39
(South Africa) (Pty) Ltd   (South Africa) Ltd (Managed
                           fund client assets)
Old Mutual Asset Managers  Old Mutual Life Assurance       1,119,252 0.08
(Namibia) (Pty) Ltd        Company (Namibia) (Pty) Ltd
Old Mutual Asset Managers  Old Mutual Portfolio Holdings   87,736    0.01
(Namibia) (Pty) Ltd        (Namibia) (Pty) Ltd
Old Mutual Asset Managers  Old Mutual Holdings (Namibia)   124,400   0.01
(Namibia) (Pty) Ltd        (Pty) Ltd
Old Mutual Asset Managers  Old Mutual Asset Managers       473,284   0.03
(Namibia) (Pty) Ltd        (Namibia) Ltd (Managed fund
                           client assets)
Old Mutual Asset Managers  Old Mutual Global Asset Funds   800,000   0.05
(Bermuda) Ltd
Old Mutual Asset Managers  Old Mutual South African Trust  1,121,540 0.08
(Bermuda) Ltd
Mutual & Federal Insurance Nedcor Bank Nominees            3,374,900 0.23
Company Ltd
Old Mutual Asset Managers  HSBC Nominees                   250,478   0.02
(UK) Ltd
Old Mutual Asset Managers  Morgan Nominees                 12,400    0.00
(UK) Ltd
Capel Cure Sharp Ltd       Capel Cure Myers Nominees       208,989   0.01
                           Limited
Capel Cure Sharp Ltd       Royal Bank of Scotland          148,660   0.01
Gerrard Ltd                RC1 Nominee                     213,240   0.01
Gerrard Ltd                SA1, GP1 and GM1 Nominee        17,180    0.00
                           accounts
Gerrard Ltd                Held by clients                 93,792    0.01
GNI Ltd                    GNI Ltd                         283,877   0.02
Clay Finlay Inc            Clay Finlay Inc (Managed client 130,200   0.01
                           assets)
Acadian Asset Management   Acadian Asset Management Inc    331,000   0.02
Inc                        (Managed client assets)
Integra Capital            Integra Capital Corporation     39,694    0.00
Corporation                (Managed client assets)
Analytic Investors Inc     Analytic Investors Inc (Managed 1,830     0.00
                           client assets)
Pacific Financial Research Pacific Financial Research      52,000    0.00
                               (Managed client assets)

                                        Total              93,836,453 6.39%