27th Jul 2007 07:00
Anglo American PLC27 July 2007 Anglo American plc (the "Company") 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 thaton 26 July 2007, an independent company purchased 394,995 ordinary shares of theCompany at prices between £29.21 and £30.44 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 74,532,563 ordinary shares in treasury, andhas 1,328,377,695 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and theindependent companies referred to above and in the announcement of 23 March 2006together hold 73,763,709 ordinary shares, representing 5.55 per cent of AngloAmerican plc's ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Catherine MarshallCompanies SecretaryAnglo American plc27 July 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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