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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 26 March 2008, an independent company
purchased 21,920 ordinary shares of the Company at prices between GBP28.02
and GBP29.39 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 111,317,554 ordinary shares, representing 8.42
per cent of Anglo American plc`s ordinary shares in issue (excluding
treasury shares).
Catherine Marshall
Companies Secretary
Anglo American plc
27 March 2008
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