AGL - Anglo American plc - Purchases of Ordinary S
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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)
Short name: Anglo
Share code: AGL
ISIN number: GB0004901517
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 2 March 2007 an independent company purchased 450,000
ordinary shares of the Company at prices between GBP23.45 and GBP24.57 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 55,868,240 ordinary shares in treasury,
and has 1,485,787,441 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares)
and the independent companies referred to above and in the announcement of
23 March 2006 together hold 64,015,778 ordinary shares, representing 4.31
per cent of Anglo American plc`s ordinary shares in issue (excluding
treasury shares).
Catherine Marshall
Companies Secretary
Anglo American plc
5 March 2007
Sponsor: J.P.Morgan Equities Limited
Date: 05/03/2007 09:00:05 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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