Director Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
06 March 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 11

          NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

1) Name of company

Anglo American plc

2) Name of director

Mr A W Lea

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest

As 2) above

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them (if notified)

-

5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected
with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)

As 2) above

6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions
please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non
discretionary

-

7) Number of shares/amount of
stock acquired

-

8) Percentage of issued class

-

9) Number of shares/amount
of stock disposed

-

10) Percentage of issued class

-

11) Class of security

-


12) Price per share

-

13) Date of transaction

-

14) Date company informed

-

15) Total holding following this notification

-

16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

-

If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes

17) Date of grant

5 March 2003

18) Period during which or date on which exercisable

5 March 2006 to 4 March 2013

19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option

Nil

20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number

98,000 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each


21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price
is to be fixed at time of exercise

£9.28 per share


22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held
following this notification

511,873 options (of which 504,093 are subject to performance conditions)

23) Any additional information



24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Mr N Jordan - tel. [phone]

25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Date of Notification..6 March 2003....................


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