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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 Company announces that on 15 August 2007, an independent company purchased
634,667 ordinary shares of the Company at prices between GBP26.28 and GBP27.18
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 175,000 of its ordinary shares on 15 August 2007 at prices between
GBP26.60 and GBP27.66 per share. The purchased shares will all be held as
treasury shares.
Anglo American plc currently holds 16,320,563 ordinary shares in treasury, and
has 1,326,589,695 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and the
independent companies referred to in the announcement of 23 March 2006 together
hold 79,420,091 ordinary shares, representing 5.99 per cent of Anglo American
plc`s ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
Andy Hodges
Deputy Company Secretary
Anglo American plc
16 August 2007
Sponsor: JPMorgan
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