19th Oct 2006 07:00
Anglo American PLC19 October 2006 Anglo American plc ("Anglo American" or the "Company") Purchases of Ordinary Shares in the Company Following the increase in the buyback programme of US$4 billion announced in theinterim results announcement of Friday 4 August 2006, Anglo American announcesthat on 18 October 2006 an independent company purchased 395,000 ordinary shares of Anglo American plc at prices between £23.67 and £23.96 per share. Thispurchase was made by an independent company to be funded by a wholly ownedoverseas subsidiary of the Company, which wholly owned subsidiary will have the right to nominate a transferee for such shares, and otherwise in accordance witharrangements substantially the same as those announced by the Company on 23March 2006. Anglo American plc currently holds 28,472,396 ordinary shares in treasury, andhas 1,513,181,211 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and theindependent companies referred to above and in the announcement of 23 March 2006 together hold 29,522,464 ordinary shares, representing 1.95 per cent ofAnglo American plc's ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). G A WilkinsonDeputy SecretaryAnglo American plc This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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