5th Mar 2007 07:01
Anglo American PLC05 March 2007 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 2 March 2007 an independent company purchased 450,000 ordinary shares of theCompany at prices between £23.45 and £24.57 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. Anglo American plc currently holds 55,868,240 ordinary shares in treasury, andhas 1,485,787,441 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and theindependent companies referred to above and in the announcement of 23 March 2006together hold 64,015,778 ordinary shares, representing 4.31 per cent of AngloAmerican plc's ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Catherine MarshallCompanies SecretaryAnglo American plc5 March 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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