12th May 2008 06:00
RNS Number : 1319U
Anglo American PLC
11 May 2008
Anglo American plc (the "Company") Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AN Registered number: 356413 Purchases of Ordinary Shares in the Company The Company announces that on 9 May 2008, an independent company purchased
17,043 ordinary shares of the Company at prices between £33.73 and £33.77 per
share. This purchase was made by an independent company to be funded by a wholly
owned overseas subsidiary of the Company, which wholly owned subsidiary will
have the right to nominate a transferee for such shares, and otherwise in
accordance with arrangements substantially the same as those announced by the
Company on 23 March 2006. Anglo American plc currently holds 20,783,518 ordinary shares in treasury, and
has 1,322,131,755 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and the
independent companies referred to in the announcement of 23 March 2006 together
hold 111,728,516 ordinary shares, representing 8.45 per cent of Anglo American
plc's ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Catherine Marshall
Companies Secretary
Anglo American plc
12 May 2008
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