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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 19 October 2006 an independent company purchased
135,000 ordinary shares of the Company at prices between GBP23.67 and
GBP23.91 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 369,000 of its ordinary shares on 19 October 2006
at prices between GBP23.64 and GBP24.47 per share. The purchased shares
will all be held as treasury shares.
Anglo American plc currently holds 28,841,396 ordinary shares in
treasury, and has 1,512,812,211 ordinary shares in issue (excluding
treasury shares) and the independent companies referred to above and in
the announcement of 23 March 2006 together hold 29,657,464 ordinary
shares, representing 1.96 per cent of Anglo American plc"s ordinary
shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
Andy Hodges
Deputy Company Secretary
Anglo American plc
20 October 2006
Sponsor: J.P.Morgan Equities Limited
Date: 20/10/2006 08:00:39 AM Produced by the JSE SENS Department
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