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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, pursuant to the authority granted by shareholders at
the Annual General Meeting held on 15 April 2008, Anglo American plc purchased
50,000 of its ordinary shares on 30 September 2008 at prices between GBP16.96
and GBP18.87 per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury
shares.
Anglo American plc currently holds 26,333,510 ordinary shares in treasury, and
has 1,316,583,204 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 8.53 per cent of Anglo American
plc`s ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
Andy Hodges
Deputy Company Secretary
Anglo American plc
1 October 2008
Sponsor
UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd
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