AGL
ANAAL
Anglo American Plc - Purchase of Shares
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 20 October 2006 an independent company purchased 50,100 ordinary shares of
the Company at GBP23.94 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 420,000 of its ordinary shares on 20 October 2006 at prices between
GBP23.91 and GBP24.55 per share. The purchased shares will all be held as
treasury shares.
Anglo American plc currently holds 29,261,396 ordinary shares in treasury, and
has 1,512,392,211 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and the
independent companies referred to above and in the announcement of 23 March 2006
together hold 29,707,564 ordinary shares, representing 1.96 per cent of Anglo
American plc"s ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
N Jordan
Company Secretary
Anglo American plc
23 October 2006
Date: 23/10/2006 08:00:25 AM Produced by the JSE SENS Department
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