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, 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 13 July 2007 at prices between GBP32.89 and
GBP33.52 per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury
shares.
Anglo American plc currently holds 70,697,593 ordinary shares in treasury,
and has 1,332,212,665 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares)
and the independent companies referred to in the announcement of 23 March
2006 together hold 71,772,194 ordinary shares, representing 5.39 per cent of
Anglo American plc`s ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
Catherine Marshall
Companies Secretary
Anglo American plc
16 July 2007
Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities Limited
Date: 16/07/2007 08:00:01 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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