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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: GB00B1XZS820
("Anglo American plc" or "the company")
Purchases of Ordinary Shares in the Company
The Company announces that on 2 November 2007, an independent company
purchased 563,546 ordinary shares of the Company at prices between
GBP30.63 and GBP31.56 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 20,483,518 ordinary shares in treasury,
and has 1,322,428,379 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares)
and the independent companies referred to in the announcement of 23 March
2006 together hold 98,439,134 ordinary shares, representing 7.44 per cent
of Anglo American plc`s ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury
shares).
Andy Hodges
Deputy Company Secretary
Anglo American plc
5 November 2007
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