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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$4 billion announced in the interim results
press release of 3 August 2007 commenced on 6 August 2007. The Company
announces that on 7 August 2007, an independent company purchased 272,176
ordinary shares of the Company at prices between GBP27.30 and GBP27.72 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 250,000 of its ordinary shares on 7 August
2007 at prices between GBP27.30 and GBP27.76 per share. The purchased
shares will all be held as treasury shares.
Anglo American plc currently holds 15,045,563 ordinary shares in treasury,
and has 1,327,864,695 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares)
and the independent companies referred to in the announcement of 23 March
2006 together hold 76,735,585 ordinary shares, representing 5.78 per cent
of Anglo American plc`s ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury
shares).
Catherine Marshall
Companies Secretary
Anglo American plc
8 August 2007
Sponsor: J.P.Morgan Equities Limited
Date: 08/08/2007 09:26:01 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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