15th Dec 2006 07:58
Anglo American PLC15 December 2006 Anglo American plc (the "Company") Purchases of Ordinary Shares in the Company Following the increase in the buyback programme of US$4 billion referred to inthe interim results announcement of Friday 4 August 2006, the Company announcesthat, pursuant to the authority granted by shareholders at the Annual GeneralMeeting held on 25 April 2006, Anglo American plc purchased 300,000 of itsordinary shares on 14 December 2006 at prices between £24.76 and £25.16 pershare. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares. Anglo American plc currently holds 45,478,769 ordinary shares in treasury, andhas 1,496,174,838 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and theindependent companies referred to in the announcement of 23 March 2006 togetherhold 43,998,703 ordinary shares, representing 2.94 per cent of Anglo Americanplc's ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Catherine MarshallCompany Secretarial AssistantAnglo American plc15 December 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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