30th Apr 2007 07:02
Anglo American PLC30 April 2007 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 17 April 2007, Anglo American plc purchased 300,000 of itsordinary shares on 27 April 2007 at prices between £26.11 and £26.83 per share.The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares. Anglo American plc currently holds 61,250,299 ordinary shares in treasury, andhas 1,480,407,451 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and theindependent companies referred to in the announcement of 23 March 2006 togetherhold 71,947,191 ordinary shares, representing 4.86 per cent of Anglo Americanplc's ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Catherine MarshallCompanies SecretaryAnglo American plc30 April 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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