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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 and pursuant to
the authority granted by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on
25 April 2006, Anglo American plc purchased 330,000 of its ordinary shares
on 17 October 2006 at prices between GBP23.64 and GBP24.40 per share. The
purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.
Anglo American plc currently holds 28,472,396 ordinary shares in treasury,
and has 1,513,181,211 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares)
and the independent companies referred to in the announcement of 2 October
2006 and in the announcement of 23 March 2006 together hold 29,457,464
ordinary shares, representing 1.95 per cent of Anglo American plc"s
ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
Andy Hodges
Deputy Company Secretary
Anglo American plc
18 October 2006
Sponsor: J.P.Morgan Equities Limited
Date: 18/10/2006 08:00:04 AM Produced by the JSE SENS Department
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