Holding in Company

Anglo American PLC
11 January 2002


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




We received on 10 January 2002 notice given on behalf of the following
entities pursuant to sections 198(1), 202(3) and 202(4) of the Companies Act
1985 in relation to the transaction specified below.


The entities concerned are:-


      + Capricorn Trustees Limited ('Capricorn') of 9 Columbus Centre,
        Pelican Drive, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands;

      + Centhold International Limited ('CHI') of 9 Columbus Centre,
        aforesaid;

      + Central Holdings Limited ('CHL') of 2 rue Tony Neuman, L-2241
        Luxembourg;

      + CHL Investments ('CHLI') of 2 rue Tony Neuman, aforesaid;

      + E O & Son Holdings Limited ('EOS') of 9 Columbus Centre, aforesaid;

      + Maitland Trustees Limited and Theseus Limited ('the EOS Trustees')
        both of 9 Columbus Centre, aforesaid; and

      + Spectre Limited ('Spectre') of 9 Columbus Centre, aforesaid.



Following a reduction in the holding of Debswana Diamond Company (Proprietary)
Limited from 18,321,987 Ordinary Shares to 13,741,490 Ordinary Shares on 14
December 2001, Capricorn, CHI, CHL, EOS, the EOS Trustees and Spectre had a
notifiable interest in 67,161,588 Ordinary Shares, registered as follows:

Company                                                   No of Ordinary Shares
CHL                                                                  24,595,964
Goldman Sachs Security Nominees Limited                               5,000,000
Debswana Diamond Company (Proprietary) Limited                       13,741,490
Felton Holdings Limited                                               1,169,892
Gartland Limited                                                      8,898,404
Naunton Limited                                                      13,755,838


CHLI had a notifiable interest in 44,507,346 Ordinary Shares, being those
specified above as registered in the names of CHL, Goldman Sachs Security
Nominees Limited, Debswana Diamond Company (Proprietary) Limited and Felton
Holdings Limited.






Notification on behalf of Messrs N F Oppenheimer and J Ogilvie Thompson
pursuant to section 324(2) of the Companies Act 1985


As a consequence of the above transaction Mr N F Oppenheimer ceased to be
interested in 4,580,497 Ordinary Shares on 14 December 2001, notice of that
transaction having been given to Central Holdings Limited on 4 January 2002.
Accordingly, Mr Oppenheimer has an interest in 67,161,588 Ordinary Shares.


Previously, Mr J Ogilvie Thompson has given notice to Anglo American plc
voluntarily of an interest in discretionary family trusts which owned an
indirect economic interest in 4.59 per cent of the Ordinary Shares in which
Central Holdings Limited was interested at the time of the notice. As a result
of the transaction Central Holdings Limited has ceased to be interested in
4,580,497 Ordinary Shares and now has an interest in 67,161,588 Ordinary
Shares in which Mr Ogilvie Thompson is interested as aforesaid.


Mr Ogilvie Thompson's interest, in the Ordinary Shares in which Central
Holdings Limited has an interest is not an interest of which he is obliged to
give notice to Anglo American plc.





11 January 2002

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