9th Mar 2005 16:50
Burberry Group PLC09 March 2005 9 March 2005 BURBERRY GROUP PLC: Transaction in Own Shares Burberry Group plc ("the Company") announces that on 9 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 of400.225 pence per Share and 190,019 were purchased off-market directly from GUSHoldings Limited also at a price of 400.225 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:
Burberry