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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 194,471 of its ordinary shares on 15 September 2008 at prices between
GBP23.43 and GBP24.20 per share. The purchased shares will all be held as
treasury shares.
Anglo American Plc currently holds 25,146,737 ordinary shares in treasury,
and has 1,317,769,977 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
16 September 2008
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