Holding(s) in Company

Anglo American PLC
16 March 2005


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 16 March 2005 that, as at the close of business on
14 March 2005, HSBC Bank plc and its holding company, HSBC Holdings plc, no
longer had a notifiable interest in the Ordinary Shares of Anglo American plc.





G A Wilkinson
Deputy Secretary
16 March 2005






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