2nd Oct 2006 07:01
Anglo American PLC02 October 2006 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 announcesthat on 29 September 2006 an independent company purchased 212,500 ordinaryshares of the Company at prices between £22.30 and £22.82 per share. Thispurchase was made by an independent company to be funded by a wholly ownedoverseas subsidiary of the Company, which wholly owned subsidiary will have theright to nominate a transferee for such shares, and otherwise in accordancewith arrangements substantially the same as those announced by the Company on23 March 2006. In addition to the above, and pursuant to the authority granted by shareholdersat the Annual General Meeting held on 25 April 2006, Anglo American plcpurchased 300,000 of its ordinary shares on 29 September 2006 at prices between £22.44 and £22.72 per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasuryshares. Anglo American plc currently holds 24,113,015 ordinary shares in treasury, andhas 1,517,538,485 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and theindependent companies referred to above and in the announcement of 23 March 2006 together hold 25,330,995 ordinary shares, representing 1.67 per cent ofAnglo American plc's ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). N JordanCompany SecretaryAnglo American plc2 October 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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