Holding(s) in Company

Anglo American PLC
11 August 2005


NOTIFICATIONS CONCERNING INTERESTS IN ORDINARY SHARES OF US$0.50 EACH IN THE
CAPITAL OF ANGLO AMERICAN plc

Notifications pursuant to sections 198 - 212 of the Companies Act 1985

Anglo American plc (the "Company") has been advised today that, as at 8th August
2005, Old Mutual plc and its direct and indirect subsidiaries had a material
interest in 135,029,623 ordinary shares of the Company, representing 9.04% of
the issued share capital. The shares are registered per the attached schedule.


Company        Registered Holder                          No shares      Percent
                                                          held
Old Mutual
Asset Managers
(South Africa)
(Pty) Ltd      Old Mutual Life Assurance Company          69,869,310      4.68%
               (South Africa) Ltd

Old Mutual
Asset Managers
(South Africa)
(Pty) Ltd      Rodina Investments (Pty) Ltd                3,641,200      0.24%

Coronation
Fund Managers
(Pty) Ltd (not
an Old Mutual
Company)       Old Mutual Life Assurance Company               1,800      0.00%
               (South Africa) Ltd

PeregrineQuant
(Pty) Ltd (not
an Old Mutual
Company)       Old Mutual Life Assurance Company              40,781      0.00%
               (South Africa) Ltd

Prudential
Portfolio
Managers (Pty)
Ltd (not and
Old Mutual
Company)       Old Mutual Life Assurance Company             163,008      0.01%
               (South Africa) Ltd

Investec Asset
Management
(Pty) Ltd (not
an Old Mutual
Company)       Old Mutual Life Assurance Company             297,393      0.02%
               (South Africa) Ltd

Polaris
Capital (Pty)
Ltd (not an
Old Mutual
Company)       Old Mutual Life Assurance Company             225,300      0.02%
               (South Africa) Ltd

Frater Asset
Management
(Pty) Ltd (not
an Old Mutual
Company)       Old Mutual Life Assurance Company             386,499      0.03%
               (South Africa) Ltd

Old Mutual
Asset Managers
(South Africa)
(Pty) Ltd      Old Mutual Unit Trusts (SA)                 4,836,022      0.32%

Old Mutual
Asset Managers
(South Africa)
(Pty) Ltd      Old Mutual Asset Managers (South           31,164,164      2.09%
               Africa) Ltd (Managed fund client
               assets)

Old Mutual
Asset Managers
(South Africa)
(Pty) Ltd      Old Mutual Unit Trusts (Namibia)               69,620      0.00%

Old Mutual
Asset Managers
(Namibia)
(Pty) Ltd      Old Mutual Life Assurance Company           2,059,724      0.14%
               (Namibia) Ltd

Old Mutual
Asset Managers
(Namibia)
(Pty) Ltd      Old Mutual Holdings (Namibia) (Pty)            80,398      0.01%
               Ltd

Old Mutual
Asset Managers
(Namibia)
(Pty) Ltd      Old Mutual Portfolio Holdings (Namibia)        53,814      0.00%
               (Pty) Ltd

Old Mutual
Asset Managers
(Namibia)
(Pty) Ltd      Old Mutual Asset Managers (Namibia) Ltd     1,721,160      0.12%
               (Managed fund client assets)

Old Mutual
Asset Managers
(Bermuda) Ltd  Old Mutual Global Asset Fund                  902,767      0.06%

Old Mutual
Asset Managers
(Bermuda) Ltd  Old Mutual South Africa Equity Trust        2,550,788      0.17%
               Limited

Old Mutual
Asset Managers
(Bermuda) Ltd  Old Mutual South African Trust Plc            689,767      0.05%

Old Mutual
Asset Managers
(South Africa)
(Pty) Ltd      Mutual & Federal Limited                    2,409,724      0.16%

Quantative
Asset
Management     ABSA Nominees                                 155,924      0.01%

Quantative
Asset
Management     Nedbank Nominees Ltd                          181,138      0.01%

Quantative
Asset
Management     Standard Bank Nominees Ltd                  2,888,532      0.19%

Syfrets
Securities     Syfrets Securities Nominees (Pty) Ltd          38,313      0.00%

Nedcor
Collective
Investments
Limited        Nedcor Bank Nominees                        4,050,012      0.27%

Taquanta Asset
Managers (Pty)
Ltd            NIB IPS Nominees (Pty) Ltd                     82,911      0.01%

BOE Personal
Stockbrokers   BNS Nominees                                3,161,830      0.21%

Old Mutual
(STRAC)        Nedcor Bank Nominees                            3,006      0.00%

BOE Private
Clients        Nedbank Nominees Ltd                        3,064,754      0.21%

BOE Private
Clients        Registered Own Name                            21,816      0.00%

BOE            Nedcor Bank Nominees                           82,398      0.01%
Fiduciary

Acadian Asset
Management     Clients of Acadian Asset Management           135,750      0.01%

                                                         135,029,623      9.04%

                                                        Total Shares
                                                              issued

                                                       1,493,846,961

N Jordan
Secretary
11 August 2005



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