Director Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
19 April 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 57,364,181 Ordinary Shares held by the Trust:

               Date of Transfer                 Number of Ordinary Shares

                12 April 2002                           50,796
                16 April 2002                            3,146
                18 April 2002                            3,200

The Company was advised of these transactions on 18 April 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

19 April 2002



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