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AGL - 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 12 December 2006 an independent company purchased 567,430 ordinary
shares of the Company at prices between GBP24.23 and GBP24.51 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 545,000 of its ordinary shares on 12 December 2006 at prices between
GBP24.34 and GBP24.50 per share. The purchased shares will all be held as
treasury shares.
Anglo American plc currently holds 44,573,219 ordinary shares in treasury, and
has 1,497,080,388 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and the
independent companies referred to above and in the announcement of 23 March 2006
together hold 43,318,703 ordinary shares, representing 2.89 per cent of Anglo
American plc`s ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
Catherine Marshall
Company Secretarial Assistant
Anglo American plc
13 December 2006
Sponsor: J.P.Morgan Equities Limited
Date: 13/12/2006 09:00:01 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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