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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 19 July 2007, an independent company purchased 343,850 ordinary shares
of the Company at prices between GBP31.59 and GBP31.88 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 Extraordinary General Meeting held on 25 June 2007, Anglo
American plc purchased 600,000 of its ordinary shares on 19 July 2007 at
prices between GBP31.23 and GBP32.15 per share. The purchased shares will all
be held as treasury shares.
Anglo American plc currently holds 73,097,593 ordinary shares in treasury, and
has 1,329,812,665 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and the
independent companies referred to in the announcement of 23 March 2006
together hold 72,395,247 ordinary shares, representing 5.44 per cent of Anglo
American plc`s ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
Catherine Marshall
Companies Secretary
Anglo American plc
20 July 2007
Sponsor: J.P.Morgan Equities Limited
Date: 20/07/2007 08:00:03 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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