20th Apr 2005 17:09
Burberry Group PLC20 April 2005 BURBERRY GROUP PLC: Transaction in Own Shares Pursuant to the irrevocable, non-discretionary authority, given by BurberryGroup plc ('the Company') to its brokers on 31 March 2005, it is announced thaton 20 April 2005 the Company purchased 435,015 of its ordinary shares of 0.05peach ('Shares') for cancellation. Of these Shares, 150,000 were purchasedon-market from Merrill Lynch at a price of 379.3583 pence per Share and 285,015were purchased off-market directly from GUS Holdings Limited also at a price of379.3583 pence per Share in accordance with the Agreement dated 20 December 2004between the Company and GUS plc approved by the Company's shareholders on 20December 2004. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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