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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 referred to in
the interim results announcement of Friday 4 August 2006, the Company announces
that on 9 November 2006 an independent company purchased 139,446 ordinary shares
of the Company at prices between GBP24.38 and GBP24.45 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.
Anglo American plc currently holds 33,431,396 ordinary shares in treasury, and
has 1,508,222,211 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and the
independent companies referred to above and in the announcement of 23 March 2006
together hold 34,476,710 ordinary shares, representing 2.29 per cent of Anglo
American plc"s ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
Andy Hodges
Deputy Company Secretary
Anglo American plc
10 November 2006
Sponsor: JPMorgan Equities Limited
Date: 10/11/2006 09:00:06 AM Produced by the JSE SENS Department
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