24th Jan 2008 07:00
Anglo American PLC24 January 2008 Anglo American PLC (the "Company")Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5ANRegistered number: 3564138 Purchases of Ordinary Shares in the Company The Company announces that on 23 January 2008, an independent company purchased311,496 ordinary shares of the Company at prices between £24.21 and £25.72 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. Anglo American plc currently holds 20,783,518 ordinary shares in treasury, andhas 1,322,130,043 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and theindependent companies referred to in the announcement of 23 March 2006 togetherhold 108,864,233 ordinary shares, representing 8.23 per cent of Anglo Americanplc's ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Catherine MarshallCompanies SecretaryAnglo American plc24 January 2008 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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