AGL - Anglo American plc - Purchases of Ordinary S
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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
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 7 June 2007, an independent company purchased 8,274 ordinary shares
of the Company at an average price of GBP29.42 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 500,000 of its ordinary shares on 7 June 2007 at
prices between GBP28.93 and GBP29.79 per share. The purchased shares will
all be held as treasury shares.
Anglo American plc currently holds 65,694,530 ordinary shares in treasury,
and has 1,475,963,220 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares)
and the independent companies referred to above and in the announcement of
23 March 2006 together hold 77,069,719 ordinary shares, representing
5.22 per cent of Anglo American plc`s ordinary shares in issue (excluding
treasury shares).
Catherine Marshall
Companies Secretary
Anglo American plc
8 June 2007
Sponsor: J.P.Morgan Equities Limited
Date: 08/06/2007 08:00:08 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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