Director Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
27 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 57,831,869 Ordinary Shares held by the Trust:

Date of Transfer                                       Number of Ordinary Shares
25 February 2002                                                  2,996
26 February 2002                                                 21,000



The Company was advised of these transactions on 27 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

27 February 2002



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