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AGL - Anglo American Plc - Purchases of ordinary shares in the company
Anglo American Plc
Incorporated in the United Kingdom
Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AN
(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 29 February 2008, an independent company
purchased 20,507 ordinary shares of the Company at prices between GBP32.22 and
GBP32.81 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 20,783,518 ordinary shares in treasury, and
has 1,322,130,043 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and the
independent companies referred to in the announcement of 23 March 2006
together hold 110,971,313 ordinary shares, representing 8.39 per cent of Anglo
American plc~s ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
Catherine Marshall
Companies Secretary
Anglo American plc
3 March 2008
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