AGL
ANAAL
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, pursuant to the authority granted by shareholders at the
Annual General Meeting held on 25 April 2006, Anglo American plc purchased
350,000 of its ordinary shares on 16 November 2006 at prices between
GBP24.74 and GBP25.17 per share. The purchased shares will all be held as
treasury shares.
Anglo American plc currently holds 34,883,396 ordinary shares in treasury,
and has 1,506,770,211 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares)
and the independent companies referred to in the announcement of 23 March
2006 together hold 35,548,498 ordinary shares, representing 2.36 per cent
of Anglo American plc"s ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury
shares).
Andy Hodges
Deputy Company Secretary
Anglo American plc
17 November 2006
Sponsor: J.P.Morgan Equities Limited
Date: 17/11/2006 09:00:26 AM Produced by the JSE SENS Department
Profile Group (Pty) Ltd. has taken care in preparing all information on this website, but does not accept any liability for errors or out-of-date information.
