Director Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
7 March 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 57,732,904 Ordinary Shares held by the Trust:

Date of Transfer                                        Number of Ordinary Shares
27 February 2002                                                 31,000
01 March 2002                                                  20,100
04 March 2002                                                  18,665
05 March 2002                                                  16,300
06 March 2002                                                  12,900



The Company was advised of these transactions on 07 March 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

07 March 2002



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