11th Mar 2005 17:29
Burberry Group PLC11 March 2005 BURBERRY GROUP PLC: Transaction in Own Shares & Amendment to PreviousAnnouncement Burberry Group plc ("the Company") announces that on 11 March 2005 it purchased29,002 of its ordinary shares of 0.05p each ("Shares") for cancellation. Ofthese Shares, 10,000 were purchased on-market from Merrill Lynch at a price of405 pence per Share and 19,002 were purchased off-market directly from GUSHoldings Limited also at a price of 405 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. Amendment to Announcement released on 11 March 2005 at 08:59hrs (RNS Number6298J) Please note that the number of shares bought from GUS should have read 133,013meaning that the total purchased on 10 March 2005 was 203,013 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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