10th Jul 2007 07:00
Anglo American PLC10 July 2007 Anglo American PLC ("the Company")Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5ANRegistered number: 3564138 Purchases of Ordinary Shares in the Company The buyback programme of US$3 billion announced in the annual results pressrelease of 21 February 2007 commenced on 1 May 2007. The Company announces that,pursuant to the authority granted by shareholders at the Extraordinary GeneralMeeting held on 25 June 2007, Anglo American plc purchased 600,000 of itsordinary shares on 9 July 2007 at prices between £32.60 and £33.40 per share.The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares. Anglo American plc currently holds 68,297,593 ordinary shares in treasury, andhas 1,334,612,665 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and theindependent companies referred to in the announcement of 23 March 2006 togetherhold 71,671,541 ordinary shares, representing 5.37 per cent of Anglo Americanplc's ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Catherine MarshallCompanies SecretaryAnglo American plc10 July 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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