17th May 2006 07:00
Anglo American PLC17 May 2006 Anglo American plc (the "Company") Purchases of shares in Anglo American plc Further to the announcement of 23 March 2006 (a copy of which is available onthe Company's website), Anglo American plc purchased 850,000 of its ordinaryshares on 16 May 2006 at prices between £22.00 and £22.62 per share. Thepurchased shares will all be held as treasury shares. Anglo American plc also announces that on 16 May 2006 the independent companyreferred to in the announcement of 23 March 2006 purchased 540,000 ordinaryshares of Anglo American plc at prices equivalent to between £22.07 and £22.59per share. Following the above transactions, Anglo American plc holds 20,463,702 ordinaryshares in treasury, and has 1,507,513,675 ordinary shares in issue (excludingtreasury shares) and the independent company holds 2,554,549 ordinary shares,representing 0.17 per cent of Anglo American plc's ordinary shares in issue(excluding treasury shares). Andy Hodges Deputy Company Secretary 17 May 2006 END. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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