Director Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
18 February 2005



                               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 54,338,807 Ordinary Shares held by the Trust:

       Date of Transfer                    Number of Ordinary Shares
       ------------------                  ---------------------------
        14 February 2005                                                13,500
        15 February 2005                                                67,372
        16 February 2005                                               143,700
        17 February 2005                                                 3,200
        18 February 2005                                                12,592

The Company was advised of these transactions on 18 February 2005.
The following directors, together with all employees, are potential
beneficiaries of the Trust, and are therefore deemed to be technically
interested, but the directors were not connected with the transactions that took
place on the abovementioned dates.


                         B E Davison

                         A W Lea

                         A J Trahar

N Jordan
Secretary
18 February 2005



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