Holding(s) in Company

Anglo American PLC
21 December 2005


                               Anglo American plc
                                (the "Company")

Notification of a change in interest in shares in the Company pursuant to the
provisions of Section 202(4) of the Companies Act 1985 ("the Act") and
Disclosure Rules set out in the Financial Services Authority Handbook ("the
Disclosure Rules").

This notification was received by the Company on 20 December 2005.
     
1.   The entities concerned are:
          
     1.1  E Oppenheimer & Son Holdings Limited ("EO&S Holdings") of 9 rue Sainte 
          Zithe, Luxembourg;
               
     1.2  E Oppenheimer & Son International Limited ("EO&S International") of 9 
          Columbus Centre, Pelican Drive, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin 
          Islands;
          
     1.3  Respite Holdings Limited ("Respite") of 9 Columbus Centre, aforesaid;
          
     1.4  E Oppenheimer & Son Group Holdings Limited ("EO&S Group Holdings") of 
          9 Columbus Centre, aforesaid;
          
     1.5  Spectre Limited ("Spectre") of 9 Columbus Centre, aforesaid;
          
     1.6  Nakshatra Reserves Limited ("Nakshatra Reserves") of 9 Columbus 
          Centre, aforesaid;
          
     1.7  Marinda Reserves Limited ("Marinda Reserves") of 9 Columbus Centre, 
          aforesaid;
          
     1.8  Theseus Trustees (Bermuda) Limited ("the Theseus Bermuda Trustees") of 
          Richmond House, 12 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton, Bermuda;
          
     1.9  Codan Trust Company Limited ("the Codan Trustees") of Richmond House, 
          aforesaid.
     
2.   EO&S Holdings has a notifiable interest in 52,250,206 Ordinary Shares of 
     US$0.50 in the capital of the Company, which prior to the transaction 
     specified below were registered as follows: 

Company                                              No of Ordinary Shares

Goldman Sachs Security Nominees Limited                     5,000,000
EO&S Holdings                                              47,250,206
     
3.   EO&S Group Holdings, Spectre, EO&S International, Respite, Nakshatra 
     Reserves, Marinda Reserves, the Theseus Bermuda Trustees and the Codan
     Trustees all have a notifiable interest in 59,120,951 Ordinary Shares of 
     US$0.50 in the capital of the Company, which prior to the transaction 
     notified below were registered as follows:

Company                                              No of Ordinary Shares

EO&S Holdings                                              47,250,206
Goldman Sachs Security Nominees Limited                     5,000,000
Debswana Diamond Company (Proprietary) Limited              6,870,745
     
4.   On 16 December 2005, the 5,000,000 Ordinary Shares previously registered in 
     the name of Goldman Sachs Security Nominees Limited were registered in the 
     name of Merrill Lynch International. This notice is given on behalf of the 
     entities specified in paragraph 1 above in fulfilment of, and for the 
     express purpose of, discharging the obligations imposed on the entities
     referred to above by Section 202(4) of the Act and the related provisions 
     of Part IV of the Act.
     
5.   Mr NF Oppenheimer is a person connected with EO&S Holdings for the purposes 
     of the Disclosure Rules and as a director of the Company, is a person 
     discharging managerial responsibilities in relation to it. The transaction 
     set out in paragraph 4 is a transaction conducted by EO&S Holdings on its 
     own account and accordingly an obligation to notify this transaction may
     arise under paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure Rules. The transaction took 
     place in London, and there was no consideration. The relevant information 
     contained in this announcement and in this paragraph is also given on 
     behalf of EO&S Holdings in fulfilment of, and for the express purpose of 
     discharging, any obligation imposed upon EO&S Holdings by paragraph 3.1.2 
     of the Disclosure Rules.
     
6.   Following the above transaction, EO&S Holdings continues to have a 
     notifiable interest in 52,250,206 Ordinary Shares of US$0.50 in the capital 
     of the Company, which are now registered as follows:

Company                                              No of Ordinary Shares

Merrill Lynch International                                 5,000,000
EO&S Holdings                                              47,250,206
     
7.   Following the above transaction, EO&S Group Holdings, Spectre, EO&S 
     International, Respite, Nakshatra Reserves, Marinda Reserves, the Theseus 
     Bermuda Trustees and the Codan Trustees all have a notifiable interest in 
     59,120,951 Ordinary Shares of US$0.50 in the capital of the Company, which
     are now registered as follows:

Company                                              No of Ordinary Shares

EO&S Holdings                                              47,250,206
Merrill Lynch International                                 5,000,000
Debswana Diamond Company (Proprietary) Limited              6,870,745


G A Wilkinson
Deputy Secretary
21 December 2005



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