Holding(s) in Company

Anglo American PLC
31 May 2007


Anglo American plc

(the "Company")

Anglo American plc has been informed that Tarl Investment Holdings Limited
(Tarl), an independent company undertaking the share purchase programme
announced by Anglo American plc on 4 August 2006 has purchased ordinary shares
in the issued share capital of Anglo American plc as outlined in more detail
below.  Tarl  has waived its rights to vote all the shares it holds or will hold
in Anglo American plc.

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying       Anglo American plc
issuer of existing shares to which voting rights  --------------------
are attached:
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2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
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                                                                        --------
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                             Yes
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An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in
the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are        --------
attached
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
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Other (please specify):______________
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to      Tarl Investment Holdings Limited
notification obligation:                  ------------------------
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if
different from 3):                                         ------------------------
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5. Date of transaction (and date on which 30-March-2007
the threshold is crossed or reached if    ------------------------
different):
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6. Date on which issuer notified:         31 May 2007
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or    Holding more than 3% of the issued voting
reached:                                  share capital
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8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of  Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares         triggering transaction
If possible
use ISIN
code
GB0004901517
               Number of    Number of    Number of    Number of voting        Percentage of
               shares       voting       shares       rights                  voting rights
                            rights
               44,342,151   44,342,151   44,667,765
                                                      Direct       Indirect   Direct   Indirect
                                                      44,667,765                3.01%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of      Expiration Exercise/    No. of voting rights that may   Percentage
financial    date       conversion   be acquired (if the instrument  of voting
instrument              period/      exercised/converted)            rights
                        date


Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights               Percentage of voting rights
44,667,765                                       3,01%












9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: Not applicable

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13.          Tarl is the independent company which has purchased these shares
Additional   pursuant to a US$4billion share purchase programme announced by
information: Anglo American plc on 4 August 2006. Tarl has waived its rights to
             vote all the shares it holds or will hold in Anglo American plc.
             All share purchases made on any day have been notified timeously
             and in accordance with all regulatory requirements. All
             notifications disclose the total number of shares held by Tarl and
             in treasury pursuant to the share purchase programme as well as the
             percentage held in the issued share capital of Anglo American plc
             excluding treasury shares.
14 Contact   EM Southey
name:
15. Contact
telephone
name:        [phone]

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.
Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in shares

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification
obligation
Full name                              Tarl Investment Holdings Limited
(including legal form of legal
entities)
Contact address                        10 Fricker Road
(registered office for legal entities) Illovo Boulevard

                                       Johannesburg
                                       South Africa 2196
Phone number & email                   [phone]
                                       Ed Southey
                                       [e-mail]
Other useful information               Ed Southey - director Tarl Investment
                                       Holdings Limited
(at least legal representative for
legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name
Contact address
Phone number & email
Other useful information
(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the
notification obligation)

C: Additional information
Tarl is the independent company which has purchased these shares pursuant to a
US$4billion share purchase programme announced by Anglo American plc on 4 August
2006. Tarl has waived its rights to vote all the shares it holds or will hold in
Anglo American plc. All share purchases made on any day have been notified
timeously and in accordance with all regulatory requirements. All notifications
disclose the total number of shares held by Tarl and in treasury pursuant to the
share purchase programme as well as the percentage held in the issued share
capital of Anglo American plc excluding treasury shares.


N Jordan
Company Secretary
Anglo American plc
31 May 2007

ENDS



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