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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 announced
in the interim results announcement of Friday 4 August 2006, the Company
announces that on 28 December 2006 an independent company purchased 72,789
ordinary shares of the Company at prices between GBP24.74 and GBP25.05 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 45,621,369 ordinary shares in treasury,
and has 1,496,032,238 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares)
and the independent companies referred to above and in the announcement of
23 March 2006 together hold 45,513,227 ordinary shares, representing 3.04
per cent of Anglo American plc`s ordinary shares in issue (excluding
treasury shares).
Andy Hodges
Deputy Company Secretary
Anglo American plc
29 December 2006
Sponsor: J.P.Morgan Equities Limited
Date: 29/12/2006 09:03:01 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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