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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, pursuant to the authority granted by shareholders at the
Extraordinary General Meeting held on 25 June 2007, Anglo American plc
purchased 600,000 of its ordinary shares on 9 July 2007 at prices between
GBP32.60 and GBP33.40 per share. The purchased shares will all be held as
treasury shares.
Anglo American plc currently holds 68,297,593 ordinary shares in treasury,
and has 1,334,612,665 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares)
and the independent companies referred to in the announcement of 23 March
2006 together hold 71,671,541 ordinary shares, representing 5.37 per cent
of Anglo American plc`s ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury
shares).
Catherine Marshall
Companies Secretary
Anglo American plc
10 July 2007
Sponsor: J.P.Morgan Equities Limited
Date: 10/07/2007 08:00:01 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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