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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 30 August 2007, an independent company
purchased 548,118 ordinary shares of the Company at prices between GBP27.13
and GBP27.76 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 125,000 of its ordinary shares on 30 August
2007 at prices between GBP27.11 and GBP27.79 per share. The purchased
shares will all be held as treasury shares.
Anglo American plc currently holds 17,331,518 ordinary shares in treasury,
and has 1,325,578,740 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares)
and the independent companies referred to in the announcement of 23 March
2006 together hold 84,531,994 ordinary shares, representing 6.38 per cent
of Anglo American plc`s ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury
shares).
Catherine Marshall
Companies Secretary
Anglo American plc
31 August 2007
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