6th May 2008 09:54
Anglo American PLC06 May 2008 Anglo American plc (the "Company") Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AN Registered number: 356413 Purchases of Ordinary Shares in the Company The Company announces that on 5 May 2008, an independent company purchased 6,000ordinary shares of the Company at prices between £33.86 and £34.13 per share.This purchase was made by an independent company to be funded by a wholly ownedoverseas subsidiary of the Company, which wholly owned subsidiary will have theright to nominate a transferee for such shares, and otherwise in accordance witharrangements substantially the same as those announced by the Company on 23March 2006. Anglo American plc currently holds 20,783,518 ordinary shares in treasury, andhas 1,322,131,755 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and theindependent companies referred to in the announcement of 23 March 2006 togetherhold 111,711,473 ordinary shares, representing 8.45 per cent of Anglo Americanplc's ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Catherine MarshallCompanies SecretaryAnglo American plc6 May 2008 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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