23rd Oct 2006 07:01
Anglo American PLC23 October 2006 Anglo American plc (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, the Company announces thaton 20 October 2006 an independent company purchased 50,100 ordinary shares ofthe Company at £23.94 per share. This purchase was made by an independentcompany to be funded by a wholly owned overseas subsidiary of the Company, whichwholly owned subsidiary will have the right to nominate a transferee for suchshares, and otherwise in accordance with arrangements substantially the same asthose announced by the Company on 23 March 2006. In addition to the above, and pursuant to the authority granted by shareholdersat the Annual General Meeting held on 25 April 2006, Anglo American plcpurchased 420,000 of its ordinary shares on 20 October 2006 at prices between£23.91 and £24.55 per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasuryshares. Anglo American plc currently holds 29,261,396 ordinary shares in treasury, andhas 1,512,392,211 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and theindependent companies referred to above and in the announcement of 23 March 2006together hold 29,707,564 ordinary shares, representing 1.96 per cent of AngloAmerican plc's ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). N JordanCompany SecretaryAnglo American plc23 October 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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