21st Jun 2007 07:01
Anglo American PLC21 June 2007 Anglo American PLC ("the Company")Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5ANRegistered number: 3564138 Purchases of Ordinary Shares in the Company The buyback programme of US$3 billion announced in the annual results pressrelease of 21 February 2007 commenced on 1 May 2007. The Company announces that,pursuant to the authority granted by shareholders at the Annual General Meetingheld on 17 April 2007, Anglo American plc purchased 400,000 of its ordinaryshares on 20 June 2007 at prices between £30.90 and £31.54 per share. Thepurchased shares will all be held as treasury shares. In addition, the Company announces that it has cancelled 50 treasury shares witheffect from 20 June 2006. This cancellation will facilitate the forthcomingshare consolidation due to take place upon approval of the demerger of Mondifrom the Anglo American group. Anglo American plc currently holds 69,994,480 ordinary shares in treasury, andhas 1,471,663,220 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and theindependent companies referred to in the announcement of 23 March 2006 togetherhold 77,069,719 ordinary shares, representing 5.24 per cent of Anglo Americanplc's ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Andy HodgesDeputy Company SecretaryAnglo American plc20 June 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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