16th Mar 2005 18:15
Burberry Group PLC16 March 2005 BURBERRY GROUP PLC: Transaction in Own Shares The issuer clarifies that the Transaction in Own Shares announcement released on16 March 2005, at 17.12hrs under RNS Number 8562J contains an error. The pricepaid for the Shares purchased both on-market and off-market was 408.885 penceper Share, not 408.805 pence per Share. The full corrected announcement reads as follows: Burberry Group plc ("the Company") announces that on 16 March 2005 it purchased290,019 of its ordinary shares of 0.05p each ("Shares") for cancellation. Ofthese Shares, 100,000 were purchased on-market from Merrill Lynch at a price of408.885 pence per Share and 190,019 were purchased off-market directly from GUSHoldings Limited also at a price of 408.885 pence per Share in accordance withthe Agreement dated 20 December 2004 between the Company and GUS plc approved bythe Company's shareholders on 20 December 2004. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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