19th Jul 2007 07:00
Anglo American PLC19 July 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 thaton 18 July 2007, an independent company purchased 279,203 ordinary shares of theCompany at prices between £31.12 and £31.24 per share. This purchase was made byan independent company to be funded by a wholly owned overseas subsidiary of theCompany, which wholly owned subsidiary will have the right to nominate atransferee for such shares, and otherwise in accordance with arrangementssubstantially the same as those announced by the Company on 23 March 2006. In addition to the above, and pursuant to the authority granted by shareholdersat the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 25 June 2007, Anglo American plcpurchased 600,000 of its ordinary shares on 18 July 2007 at prices between£31.30 and £31.77 per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasuryshares. Anglo American plc currently holds 72,497,593 ordinary shares in treasury, andhas 1,330,412,665 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and theindependent companies referred to in the announcement of 23 March 2006 togetherhold 72,051,397 ordinary shares, representing 5.42 per cent of Anglo Americanplc's ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Andy HodgesDeputy Company SecretaryAnglo American plc19 July 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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