Director Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
22 February 2002



                               ANGLO AMERICAN PLC



Anglo American Employee Share Ownership Plan

The Butterfield Trust (Guernsey) Limited, as trustee of the Anglo American
Employee Share Ownership Plan ("the Trust"), transferred the following Ordinary
Shares in the Company to participants of the Anglo American share schemes
leaving a balance of 57,855,865 Ordinary Shares held by the Trust:

            Date of Transfer                      Number of Ordinary Shares
            15 February 2002                                54,000
            18 February 2002                               272,974
            19 February 2002                                 4,600
            20 February 2002                                   800
            21 February 2002                                11,100



The Company was advised of this transaction on 21 February 2002.

The following directors together with all employees are potential beneficiaries
of the Trust although the directors were not connected with the transactions
that took place on the abovementioned dates.

B E Davison

A W Lea

W A Nairn

J Ogilvie Thompson

A J Trahar





A J Guthrie

Companies Secretary

22 February 2002



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