NSX - AGL - Anglo American plc - Purchases of ordi
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NSX - 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
The buyback programme of US$3 billion referred to in the annnual results
announcement of 21 February 2007 commenced on 1 May 2007. The Company announces
that on 17 May 2007 an independent company purchased 470,810 ordinary shares of
the Company at prices between GBP28.18 and GBP28.80 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 17 April 2007, Anglo American plc
purchased 350,000 of its ordinary shares on 17 May 2007 at prices between
GBP27.99 and GBP28.83 per share. The purchased shares will all be held as
treasury shares.
Anglo American plc currently holds 63,145,830 ordinary shares in treasury, and
has 1,478,511,920 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and the
independent companies referred to above and in the announcement of 23 March 2006
together hold 73,704,381 ordinary shares, representing 4.99 per cent of Anglo
American plc`s ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
Catherine Marshall
Companies Secretary
Anglo American plc
18 May 2007
Sponsor: J.P.Morgan Equities Limited
Date: 18/05/2007 08:00:03 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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