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AGL - Anglo American Plc - Purchases of ordinary shares in the company
Anglo American Plc (the "Company")
Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AN
Registered number: 3564138
Short name: Anglo
Share code: AGL
ISIN number: GB00B1XZS820
Purchases of Ordinary Shares in the Company
The Company announces that on 13 November 2007, an independent company
purchased 552,229 ordinary shares of the Company at prices between GBP31.96
and GBP33.35 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 13 November
2007 at prices between GBP31.80 and GBP33.15 per share. The purchased shares
will all be held as treasury shares.
Anglo American plc currently holds 20,783,518 ordinary shares in treasury,
and has 1,322,128,379 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares)
and the independent companies referred to in the announcement of 23 March
2006 together hold 100,644,212 ordinary shares, representing 7.61 per cent
of Anglo American plc`s ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury
shares).
Catherine Marshall
Companies Secretary
Anglo American plc
14 November 2007
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