17th Nov 2006 07:00
Anglo American PLC17 November 2006 Anglo American plc (the "Company") Purchases of Ordinary Shares in the Company Following the increase in the buyback programme of US$4 billion referred to inthe interim results announcement of Friday 4 August 2006, the Company announcesthat, pursuant to the authority granted by shareholders at the Annual GeneralMeeting held on 25 April 2006, Anglo American plc purchased 350,000 of itsordinary shares on 16 November 2006 at prices between £24.74 and £25.17 pershare. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares. Anglo American plc currently holds 34,883,396 ordinary shares in treasury, andhas 1,506,770,211 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and theindependent companies referred to in the announcement of 23 March 2006 togetherhold 35,548,498 ordinary shares, representing 2.36 per cent of Anglo Americanplc's ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Andy HodgesDeputy Company SecretaryAnglo American plc17 November 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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