26th Apr 2006 08:11
Anglo American PLC26 April 2006 Anglo American plc(the "Company") Purchases of shares in Anglo American plc Anglo American plc announces that on 25 April 2006 the independent companyreferred to in the announcement of 23 March 2006 purchased 225,000 ordinaryshares of Anglo American plc at prices equivalent to between £24.02 and £24.76per share. Following the above transactions, Anglo American plc holds 11,561,702 ordinaryshares in treasury, and has 1,516,415,236 ordinary shares in issue (excludingtreasury shares) and the independent company holds 794,402 ordinary shares,representing 0.01 per cent of Anglo American plc's ordinary shares in issue(excluding treasury shares). Andy Hodges Deputy Company Secretary 26 April 2006 END. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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