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AGL - Anglo American Plc - Purchases of Ordinary Shares in the Company
Anglo American Plc
("the Company")
Share code: AGL
ISIN code: GB00B1XZS820
Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AN
Registered number: 3564138
Purchases of Ordinary Shares in the Company
The Company announces that, pursuant to the authority granted by shareholders at
the Annual General Meeting held on 15 April 2008, Anglo American plc purchased
142,138 of its ordinary shares on 11 September 2008 at prices between GBP22.09
and GBP23.03 per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury
shares.
Anglo American plc currently holds 24,952,266 ordinary shares in treasury, and
has 1,317,964,448 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and the
independent companies referred to in the announcement of 23 March 2006 together
hold 112,300,129 ordinary shares, representing 8.52 per cent of Anglo American
plc`s ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
Catherine Marshall
Companies Secretary
Anglo American plc
12 September 2008
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