Transaction in Own Shares

Anglo American PLC 05 May 2006 Anglo American plc (the "Company") Purchases of shares in Anglo American plc Further to the announcement of 23 March 2006 (a copy of which is available on the Company's website), Anglo American plc purchased 400,000 of its ordinary shares on 4 May 2006 at prices between £23.30 and £24.11 per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares. Anglo American plc also announces that on 4 May 2006 the independent company referred to in the announcement of 23 March 2006 purchased 220,000 ordinary shares of Anglo American plc at prices equivalent to between £23.21 and £23.91 per share. Following the above transactions, Anglo American plc holds 15,214,702 ordinary shares in treasury, and has 1,512,762,236 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and the independent company holds 1,989,474 ordinary shares, representing 0.13 per cent of Anglo American plc's ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). N Jordan Company Secretary 5 May 2006 END. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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