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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 26 July 2007, an independent company purchased 394,995 ordinary
shares of the Company at prices between GBP29.21 and GBP30.44 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 74,532,563 ordinary shares in treasury,
and has 1,328,377,695 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares)
and the independent companies referred to above and in the announcement of
23 March 2006 together hold 73,763,709 ordinary shares, representing 5.55
per cent of Anglo American plc`s ordinary shares in issue (excluding
treasury shares).
Catherine Marshall
Companies Secretary
Anglo American plc
27 July 2007
Sponsor: J.P.Morgan Equities Limited
Date: 27/07/2007 08:00:01 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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