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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 17 July 2007 at prices between GBP32.24 and GBP32.60 per
share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.
Anglo American plc currently holds 71,897,593 ordinary shares in treasury, and
has 1,331,012,665 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
18 July 2007
Sponsor: J.P.Morgan Equities Limited
Date: 18/07/2007 08:00:09 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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