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 announced in the annual results press
release of 21 February 2007 commenced on 1 May 2007. The Company announces
that on 30 May 2007, an independent company purchased 642,000 ordinary
shares of the Company at prices between GBP28.96 and GBP29.41 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 200,000 of its ordinary shares on 30 May 2007 at
prices between GBP28.94 and GBP29.50 per share. The purchased shares will
all be held as treasury shares.
Anglo American plc currently holds 63,645,830 ordinary shares in treasury,
and has 1,478,011,920 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares)
and the independent companies referred to above and in the announcement of
23 March 2006 together hold 76,965,395 ordinary shares, representing 5.21
per cent of Anglo American plc`s ordinary shares in issue (excluding
treasury shares).
Andy Hodges
Deputy Company Secretary
Anglo American plc
31 May 2007
Sponsor: JPMorgan
Date: 31/05/2007 08:00:11 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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