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AGL - Anglo American PLC - Purchases of ordinary shares in the company
Anglo American PLC
(the "Company")
Share code: AGL
ISIN: GB00B1XZS820
Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AN
Registered number: 3564138
Purchases of Ordinary Shares in the Company
The Company announces that on 17 September 2007, an independent company
purchased 360,000 ordinary shares of the Company at prices between GBP28.35 and
GBP28.87 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 100,000 of its ordinary shares on 17 September 2007 at prices between
GBP28.23 and GBP28.94 per share. The purchased shares will all be held as
treasury shares.
Anglo American plc currently holds 18,431,518 ordinary shares in treasury, and
has 1,324,478,740 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and the
independent companies referred to in the announcement of 23 March 2006 together
hold 89,409,222 ordinary shares, representing 6.75 per cent of Anglo American
plc`s ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
Catherine Marshall
Companies Secretary
Anglo American plc
18 September 2007
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