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Anglo American plc - Purchases of Ordinary Shares in the Company
Anglo American plc
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom)
Registration number: 3564138
Share code: AGL
ISIN: GB0004901517
(the "Company")
Purchases of Ordinary Shares in the Company
Following the increase in the buyback programme of US$4 billion announced in the
interim results announcement of Friday 4 August 2006, the Company announces that
on 2 October 2006 an independent company purchased 265,000 ordinary shares of
the Company at prices between GBP22.55 and GBP23.14 per share. This purchase was
made by an independent company to be funded by a wholly owned overseas
subsidiary of the Company, which wholly owned subsidiary will have the right to
nominate a transferee for such shares, and otherwise in accordance with
arrangements substantially the same as those announced by the Company on 23
March 2006.
In addition to the above, and pursuant to the authority granted by shareholders
at the Annual General Meeting held on 25 April 2006, Anglo American plc
purchased 250,000 of its ordinary shares on 2 October 2006 at prices between
GBP22.70 and GBP22.93 per share. The purchased shares will all be held as
treasury shares.
Anglo American plc currently holds 24,365,015 ordinary shares in treasury, and
has 1,517,288,485 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and the
independent companies referred to above and in the announcement of 23 March 2006
together hold 25,595,995 ordinary shares, representing 1.69 per cent of Anglo
American plc"s ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
Andy Hodges
Deputy Secretary
Anglo American plc
3 October 2006
Sponsor: J.P.Morgan Equities Limited
Date: 03/10/2006 08:00:15 AM Produced by the JSE SENS Department
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