Director Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
12 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 57,421,323 Ordinary Shares held by the Trust:


                     Date of Transfer                                        Number of Ordinary Shares
                       05 April 2002                                                  11,600
                       09 April 2002                                                   6,700



The Company was advised of these transactions on 11 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

12 April 2002



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