20th Sep 2007 07:00
Anglo American PLC20 September 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 Company announces that on 19 September 2007, an independent companypurchased 209,812 ordinary shares of the Company at prices between £30.39 and£30.61 per share. This purchase was made by an independent company to be fundedby a wholly owned overseas subsidiary of the Company, which wholly ownedsubsidiary will have the right to nominate a transferee for such shares, andotherwise in accordance with arrangements substantially the same as thoseannounced by the Company on 23 March 2006. Anglo American plc currently holds 18,531,518 ordinary shares in treasury, andhas 1,324,378,740 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and theindependent companies referred to in the announcement of 23 March 2006 togetherhold 90,080,105 ordinary shares, representing 6.80 per cent of Anglo Americanplc's ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Catherine MarshallCompanies SecretaryAnglo American plc20 September 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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