9th Mar 2005 14:04
Burberry Group PLC09 March 2005 BURBERRY GROUP PLC: Transaction in Own Shares The issuer clarifies that the Transaction in Own Shares announcement releasedtoday, 9 March 2005, at 07:00hrs under RNS Number 5017J refers to dealings on 8March 2005. The announcement should therefore read "Burberry Group plc ("theCompany") announces that yesterday it purchased..." and not "Burberry Group plc("the Company") announces that it has today purchased..." The full corrected announcement reads as follows: Burberry Group plc ("the Company") announces that yesterday it purchased 290,019of its ordinary shares of 0.05p each ("Shares") for cancellation. Of theseShares, 100,000 were purchased on-market from Merrill Lynch at a price of 402.7pence per Share and 190,019 were purchased off-market directly from GUS HoldingsLimited also at a price of 402.7 pence per Share in accordance with theAgreement dated 20 December 2004 between the Company and GUS plc approved by theCompany'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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