AGL - Anglo American - Purchases of Ordinary Share
AGL
ANAAL
AGL - Anglo American - 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 26 January 2007 an independent company purchased 572,257
ordinary shares of the Company at prices between GBP23.77 and GBP24.12 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 329,545 of its ordinary shares on 26 January 2007 at
prices between GBP23.62 and GBP24.16 per share. The purchased shares will all
be held as treasury shares.
Anglo American plc currently holds 51,663,614 ordinary shares in treasury,
and has 1,489,992,067 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares)
and the independent companies referred to above and in the announcement of 23
March 2006 together hold 52,803,422 ordinary shares, representing 3.54 per
cent of Anglo American plc`s ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury
shares).
Catherine Marshall
Company Secretarial Assistant
Anglo American plc
29 January 2007
Sponsor: JPMorgan Equities Limited
Date: 29/01/2007 09:00:01 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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