AGL
ANAAL
Anglo American Plc - Purchases of Shares in Anglo American Plc
ANGLO AMERICAN PLC
(the "Company")
JSE Code: AGL
ISIN Code: GB0004901517
Purchases of shares in Anglo American plc
Further to the announcement of 23 March 2006 (a copy of which is available on
the Company"s website), Anglo American plc purchased 400,000 of its ordinary
shares on 2 May 2006 at prices between GBP23.70 and GBP23.989 per share. The
purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.
Anglo American plc also announces that on 2 May 2006 the independent company
referred to in the announcement of 23 March 2006 purchased 150,000 ordinary
shares of Anglo American plc at prices equivalent to between GBP23.37 and
GBP23.96 per share.
Following the above transactions, Anglo American plc holds 13,961,702 ordinary
shares in treasury, and has 1,514,015,236 ordinary shares in issue (excluding
treasury shares) and the independent company holds 1,369,474 ordinary shares,
representing 0.09 per cent of Anglo American plc"s ordinary shares in issue
(excluding treasury shares).
Andy Hodges
Deputy Company Secretary
3 May 2006
Date: 03/05/2006 08:36:24 AM Produced by the JSE SENS Department
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