13th Nov 2006 07:02
Anglo American PLC13 November 2006 Anglo American plc ("Anglo American" or the "Company") Purchases of Ordinary Shares in the Company Following the increase in the buyback programme of US$4 billion announced in theinterim results announcement of Friday 4 August 2006 and pursuant to theauthority granted by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on 25 April2006, Anglo American plc purchased 435,000 of its ordinary shares on 10 November2006 at prices between £24.54 and £25.36 per share. The purchased shares willall be held as treasury shares. Anglo American plc currently holds 33,866,396 ordinary shares in treasury, andhas 1,507,787,211 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and theindependent companies referred to in the announcement of 2 October 2006 and inthe announcement of 23 March 2006 together hold 34,476,710 ordinary shares,representing 2.29 per cent of Anglo American plc's ordinary shares in issue(excluding treasury shares). Nicholas JordanCompany SecretaryAnglo American plc13 November 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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