Result of AGM

Anglo American PLC
21 April 2004

News Release

21 April 2004

                    Anglo American AGM 2004 - voting results

Anglo American plc (the "Company") announces the following voting results for
the Ordinary and Special Business conducted at the Company's Annual General
Meeting held at The Conference Centre, Church House, Dean's Yard, Westminster,
London SW1P 3NZ at 11.00am on Wednesday 21 April 2004. In line with recommended
practice, a poll was conducted on each resolution at the meeting. On a poll
every member present, in person or by proxy has one vote for every ordinary
share held.

The Company's Auditors, Deloitte & Touche LLP, were appointed scrutineers and
the result of the polls was as follows. This announcement will be available for
viewing on the Company's website, www.angloamerican.com, along with a transcript
of the Annual General Meeting, as soon as practicable:

Ordinary business
1. To receive and adopt the financial statements comprising the consolidated
financial statements of the Anglo American Group and the unconsolidated
financial statements of Anglo American plc incorporated therein and the reports
of the directors and auditors for the year ended 31 December 2003.

For                    Against                    Abstain
727,854,225            18,422,188                 27,813,188


2. To declare a final dividend of 39 US cents per ordinary share, which,
together with the interim dividend declared in August and paid in September
2003, will result in a total dividend in respect of the year ended 31 December
2003 of 54 US cents per ordinary share.

For                    Against                    Abstain
771,028,751            3                          3,060,553

3. In accordance with the provisions of the Articles of Association of the
Company, and upon the recommendation of the board, to elect as a director Dr M S
B Marques and to re-elect the following directors (as separate resolutions):

(a) Elect Dr M S B Marques as a director

For                    Against                    Abstain
763,382,879            438,686                    10,270,056

(b) Re-elect Mr B E Davison as a director

For                    Against                    Abstain
760,561,866            9,322,410                  4,202,335

(c) Re-elect Dr C E Fay as a director

For                    Against                    Abstain
747,731,788            462,555                    25,890,214

(d) Re-elect Mr A W Lea as a director

For                    Against                    Abstain
768,678,768            1,174,270                  4,235,418

(e) Re-elect Mr R J Margetts as a director

For                    Against                    Abstain
741,175,900            7,324,573                  25,590,178

(f) Re-elect Mr W A Nairn as a director

For                    Against                    Abstain
761,777,721            2,016,382                  10,291,003

(g) Re-elect Mr N F Oppenheimer as a director

For                    Against                    Abstain
743,632,151            9,134,742                  21,356,144

4. To re-appoint Deloitte & Touche LLP auditors for the ensuing year and
authorise the directors to determine their remuneration.

For                    Against                    Abstain
709,531,692            50,501,243                 14,035,002

5. To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December
2003 set out in the Annual Report.

For                    Against                    Abstain
733,830,629            26,193,246                 14,032,186

Special business
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolutions which will be
proposed, as to resolutions 6(a), 6(b) and 7 as ordinary resolutions and, as to
resolutions 8 and 9, as special resolutions.

Ordinary resolutions

6(a) The Rules of the Anglo American Bonus Share Plan 2004 (the Plan) referred
to in the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee's letter dated 24 February 2004
and produced in draft to this meeting and, for the purposes of identification
initialled by the Chairman, be approved and the directors be authorised to make
such modifications to the Plan as they may consider necessary to take account of
the requirements of the UK Listing Authority and best practice and to adopt the
Plan as so modified and do all acts and things necessary to operate the Plan.

For                    Against                    Abstain
666,781,667            78,873,898                 28,418,622

6(b) The directors be authorised to establish further plans based on the Plan
but modified as may be necessary or desirable to take account of overseas
securities laws, exchange control and tax legislation, provided that any
ordinary shares of the Company made available under such further plans are
treated as counting against any limits on individual participation or overall
participation in the Plan.

For                    Against                    Abstain
719,913,133            27,453,819                 26,701,495

7. That the authority to allot relevant securities conferred on the directors by
Article 9.2 of the Company's Articles of Association be renewed until the date
of the annual general meeting in 2005 up to an aggregate nominal amount of
US$246,500,000 (493 million ordinary shares).

For                    Against                    Abstain
672,283,385            98,674,077                 3,132,733

Special resolutions

8. That subject to the passing of ordinary resolution 7 set out in this notice,
the power to allot equity securities wholly for cash conferred on the directors
by Article 9.3 of the Company's Articles of Association be renewed for the
period referred to in such resolution up to an aggregate nominal amount of
US$31,750,000 (63.5 million ordinary shares).

For                    Against                    Abstain
725,256,019            48,271,559                 539,235

9. That the Company be and is generally and unconditionally authorised for the
purpose of Section 166 of the Companies Act 1985 to make market purchases
(within the meaning of Section 163(3) of the Companies Act 1985) of ordinary
shares of US$0.50 each in the capital of the Company provided that:

(a) the maximum number of ordinary shares of US$0.50 each in the capital of the
Company authorised to be acquired is 148,000,000;

(b) the minimum price which may be paid for an ordinary share is US$0.50, which
amount shall be exclusive of expenses;

(c) the maximum price which may be paid for an ordinary share is an amount
(exclusive of expenses) equal to 105% of the average of the middle market
quotation for an ordinary share, as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily
Official List, for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which
such ordinary share is contracted to be purchased; and

(d) the authority hereby conferred shall expire at the conclusion of the annual
general meeting of the Company to be held in 2005 (except in relation to the
purchase of ordinary shares the contract for which was concluded before the
expiry of such authority and which might be executed wholly or partly after such
expiry) unless such authority is renewed prior to such time.

Where such shares are held in treasury, the Company may use them for the
purposes of its employee share schemes.

For                    Against               Abstain
754,330,003            16,648,255            3,090,196

Accordingly all the resolutions were passed by the requisite majorities.

Nicholas Jordan
Company Secretary

Anglo American plc
20 Carlton House Terrace
London SW1Y 5AN
Registered Number 3564138


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