Director Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
21 June 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 57,029,710 Ordinary Shares held by the Trust:

                     Date of Transfer                                        Number of Ordinary Shares

                       18 June 2002                                                   13,500
                       19 June 2002                                                    5,429
                       20 June 2002                                                    3,400
                       21 June 2002                                                   30,000



The Company was advised of these transactions on 21 June 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

21 June 2002



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