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 560,000 of its ordinary
shares on 5 May 2006 at prices between GBP24.35 and GBP24.87 per share. The
purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.
Anglo American plc also announces that on 5 May 2006 the independent company
referred to in the announcement of 23 March 2006 purchased 25,075 ordinary
shares of Anglo American plc at prices equivalent to between GBP24.26 and
GBP24.35 per share.
Following the above transactions, Anglo American plc holds 15,774,702 ordinary
shares in treasury, and has 1,512,202,236 ordinary shares in issue (excluding
treasury shares) and the independent company holds 2,014,549 ordinary shares,
representing 0.13 per cent of Anglo American plc"s ordinary shares in issue
(excluding treasury shares).
N Jordan
Company Secretary
8 May 2006
Sponsor: J.P.Morgan Equities Limited
Date: 08/05/2006 08:00:06 AM Produced by the JSE SENS Department
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