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AGL - Anglo American plc - Purchases of Ordinary Shares in the Company
Anglo American plc
Incorporated in the United Kingdom
(Registration number: 3564138)
Short name: Anglo
Share code: AGL
ISIN number: GB0004901517
Purchases of Ordinary Shares in the Company
Following the increase in the buyback programme of US$4 billion referred to in
the interim results announcement of Friday 4 August 2006, the Company announces
that on 29 March 2007 an independent company purchased 280,536 ordinary shares
of the Company at prices between GBP26.18 and GBP26.66 per share. This purchase
was made by an independent company to be funded by a wholly owned overseas
subsidiary of the Company, which wholly owned subsidiary will have the right to
nominate a transferee for such shares, and otherwise in accordance with
arrangements substantially the same as those announced by the Company on 23
March 2006.
In addition to the above, and pursuant to the authority granted by shareholders
at the Annual General Meeting held on 25 April 2006, Anglo American plc
purchased 102,042 of its ordinary shares on 29 March 2007 at prices between
GBP26.49 and GBP26.81 per share. The purchased shares will all be held as
treasury shares.
Anglo American plc currently holds 56,980,282 ordinary shares in treasury, and
has 1,484,675,399 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and the
independent companies referred to above and in the announcement of 23 March 2006
together hold 69,460,646 ordinary shares, representing 4.68 per cent of Anglo
American plc`s ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
Andy Hodges
Deputy Company Secretary
Anglo American plc
30 March 2007
Sponsor: JPMorgan
Date: 31/03/2007 13:35:02 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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