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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 435,000 of its
ordinary shares on 10 November 2006 at prices between GBP24.54 and
GBP25.36 per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury
shares.
Anglo American plc currently holds 33,866,396 ordinary shares in
treasury, and has 1,507,787,211 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 34,476,710 ordinary shares, representing 2.29 per cent of
Anglo American plc"s ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury
shares).
Nicholas Jordan
Company Secretary
Anglo American plc
13 November 2006
Sponsor: J.P.Morgan Equities Limited
Date: 13/11/2006 09:00:54 AM Produced by the JSE SENS Department
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