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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 23 October 2006 an independent company purchased 34,900
ordinary shares of the Company at GBP23.92 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 365,000 of its ordinary shares on 23 October 2006 at
prices between GBP23.90 and GBP24.40 per share. The purchased shares will all
be held as treasury shares.
Anglo American plc currently holds 29,626,396 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 29,742,464 ordinary shares, representing 1.97 per cent of
Anglo American plc"s ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
N Jordan
Company Secretary
Anglo American plc
24 October 2006
Sponsor: J.P.Morgan Equities Limited
Date: 24/10/2006 08:00:08 AM Produced by the JSE SENS Department
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