ANZ APEP & APEP Plus Relevant Interest in ANZ Shares

Document date:  Tue 21 Jan 2003
Published:  Tue 21 Jan 2003 00:00:00
Document No:  200151
Document part:  A
Market Flag:  N
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP       2003-01-21  ASX-SIGNAL-G

HOMEX - Melbourne                                                     

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Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) is required to
disclose to the Australian Stock Exchange the percentage of its
shares in which it has an interest as a result of put options granted
to clients under the ANZ Protected Equity Portfolio and ANZ Protected
Equity Portfolio Plus products.

As at 20 January 2003, ANZ held a relevant interest in 54,676 fully
paid ordinary shares in ANZ, comprising of 0.004% of the issued share
capital of ANZ.

T Paine
COMPANY SECRETARY