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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
("Anglo American plc" or "the company")
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 6 August 2007, an independent company purchased 531,840 ordinary
shares of the Company at prices between GBP26.85 and GBP27.69 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 263,000 of its ordinary shares on 6 August
2007 at prices between GBP26.78 and GBP27.80 per share. The purchased
shares will all be held as treasury shares.
Anglo American plc currently holds 14,795,563 ordinary shares in treasury,
and has 1,328,114,695 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares)
and the independent companies referred to in the announcement of 23 March
2006 together hold 76,463,409 ordinary shares, representing 5.76 per cent
of Anglo American plc`s ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury
shares).
Catherine Marshall
Companies Secretary
Anglo American plc
7 August 2007
Sponsor: J.P.Morgan Equities Limited
Date: 07/08/2007 08:00:05 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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