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 4 July 2007, an independent company purchased 332,475 ordinary shares of the
Company at prices between GBP31.63 and GBP31.70 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.
Anglo American plc currently holds 66,497,593 ordinary shares in treasury, and
has 1,336,410,914 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and the
independent companies referred to above and in the announcement of 23 March 2006
together hold 71,358,931 ordinary shares, representing 5.34 per cent of Anglo
American plc`s ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
Catherine Marshall
Companies Secretary
Anglo American plc
5 July 2007
Sponsor: J.P.Morgan Equities Limited
Date: 05/07/2007 08:00:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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