Director Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
20 May 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 52,219,052 Ordinary Shares held by the Trust:

       Date of Transfer                    Number of Ordinary Shares
       ------------------                  ---------------------------
         16 May 2005                                 2000
         17 May 2005                               10,788
         18 May 2005                               92,575
         19 May 2005                               65,520
         20 May 2005                               49,758

The Company was advised of these transactions on 20 May 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
                            D A Hathorn
                            A W Lea
                            A J Trahar
                            S R Thompson

G A Wilkinson
Deputy Secretary
20 May 2005



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