14th Aug 2007 07:00
Anglo American PLC14 August 2007 Anglo American PLC (the "Company") Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AN Registered number: 3564138 Purchases of Ordinary Shares in the Company The Company announces that on 13 August 2007, an independent company purchased579,657 ordinary shares of the Company at prices between £26.84 and £28.26 pershare. This purchase was made by an independent company to be funded by a whollyowned overseas subsidiary of the Company, which wholly owned subsidiary willhave the right to nominate a transferee for such shares, and otherwise inaccordance with arrangements substantially the same as those announced by theCompany on 23 March 2006. In addition to the above, and pursuant to the authority granted by shareholdersat the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 25 June 2007, Anglo American plcpurchased 175,000 of its ordinary shares on 13 August 2007 at prices between£26.93 and £28.20 per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasuryshares. Anglo American plc currently holds 15,970,563 ordinary shares in treasury, andhas 1,326,939,695 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and theindependent companies referred to in the announcement of 23 March 2006 togetherhold 78,198,464 ordinary shares, representing 5.89 per cent of Anglo Americanplc's ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). N JordanCompany SecretaryAnglo American plc14 August 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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