Director Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
26 March 2004


                               ANGLO AMERICAN PLC

DIRECTORS' INTERESTS

Anglo American plc announces the following conditional award of ordinary shares
of US$0.50 in the capital of the Company ("Shares") in connection with the
operation of the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan.

The Long Term Incentive Plan provides directors and senior employees with shares
awarded on a conditional basis as determined by the Remuneration Committee of
the Board. The current award will vest in March 2007, subject to the
satisfaction of the performance conditions.

In accordance with the determination of the Remuneration Committee, and in
accordance with the rules of the Long Term Incentive Plan, the Company notified
relevant directors on March 25, 2004 of the maximum conditional award of Shares
under the Long Term Incentive Plan as follows:

Name of Director                        Number of Shares

Mr B E Davison                                    45,720
Mr A W Lea                                        49,612
Mr A J Trahar                                    103,892

In addition to these Shares, Messrs Trahar and Davison have been granted
conditional awards of further Shares to meet the Company's national insurance
contribution liability on these awards under the Long Term Incentive Plan. They
do not benefit from such an arrangement, which operates as a hedge against the
Company's future uncapped national insurance contribution liability.


N Jordan
Secretary
26 March 2004


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