Holding(s) in Company

Anglo American PLC
17 March 2004


NOTIFICATION CONCERNING INTEREST IN ORDINARY SHARES OF US$0.50 EACH IN THE
CAPITAL OF ANGLO AMERICAN plc ("Ordinary Shares")

Notification pursuant to section 198 of the Companies Act 1985

We received notification on 17 March 2004 that, as at the close of business on
15 March 2004, Lehman Brothers International (Europe) ("Lehman") the interest in
the Ordinary Shares of Anglo American plc (the "Company") had fallen below 3%.

N Jordan
Secretary
17 March 2004

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