Transaction in Own Shares

Anglo American PLC 20 April 2007 Anglo American PLC ("the Company") Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AN Registered number: 3564138 Purchases of Ordinary Shares in the Company Following the increase in the buyback programme of US$4 billion referred to in the interim results announcement of Friday 4 August 2006, the Company announces that on 19 April 2007 an independent company purchased 473,447 ordinary shares of the Company at prices between £26.40 and £26.78 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. In addition to the above, and pursuant to the authority granted by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on 17 April 2007, Anglo American plc purchased 250,000 of its ordinary shares on 19 April 2007 at prices between £26.30 and £26.91 per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares. Anglo American plc currently holds 59,700,299 ordinary shares in treasury, and has 1,481,957,451 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and the independent companies referred to above and in the announcement of 23 March 2006 together hold 70,455,746 ordinary shares, representing 4.75 per cent of Anglo American plc's ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Catherine Marshall Companies Secretary Anglo American plc 20 April 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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