Holding(s) in Company

Anglo American PLC
18 September 2002

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company
ANGLO AMERICAN PLC

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
CATER ALLEN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18
AS ABOVE

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them
CATER ALLEN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
11,400,000

6. Percentage of issued class
0.78%

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed
-

8. Percentage of issued class
-

9. Class of security
ORDINARY SHARES

10. Date of transaction
17 SEPTEMBER 2002

11. Date company informed
18 SEPTEMBER 2002

12. Total holding following this notification
62,850,000

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
4.28%

14. Any additional information
The shareholder has notified Anglo American that "This holding has arisen from a
stock borrowing and lending position done under the approved Master Equity and
Fixed Interest Lending Agreement as a principal trading member of the London
Stock Exchange".

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
T GUTHRIE - 020 7698 8752

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
N JORDAN

Date of notification
18 SEPTEMBER 2002

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