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AGL - Anglo American plc - Purchases of ordinary shares in the
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Anglo American plc
Incorporated in the United Kingdom
(Registration number: 3564138)
Short name: Anglo
Share code: AGL
ISIN number: GB00B1XZS820
("Anglo American plc" or "the company")
Purchases of Ordinary Shares in the Company
The Company announces that on 12 October 2007, an independent
company purchased 432,912 ordinary shares of the Company at
prices between GBP33.57 and GBP34.30 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.
Anglo American plc currently holds 19,683,518 ordinary shares in
treasury, and has 1,323,228,379 ordinary shares in issue
(excluding treasury shares) and the independent companies referred
to in the announcement of 23 March 2006 together hold 92,589,492
ordinary shares, representing 7 per cent of Anglo American plc`s
ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
Catherine Marshall
Companies Secretary
Anglo American plc
15 October 2007
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