Director Shareholding

Burberry Group PLC
04 June 2004

Burberry Group plc ('the Company')

As potential beneficiaries of the holdings of The Burberry Group plc ESOP Trust
('the Trust'), employees of the Company and its subsidiaries and the following
directors of the Company; Rose Marie Bravo, Thomas J. O'Neill and Stacey
Cartwright are deemed, under section 324 Companies Act 1985, to have an interest
in the Ordinary Shares of 0.05p each in the Company ('Shares') held by the
Trust.

John Peace and David Tyler, non-executive directors of the Company and the
employees of the GUS group, the majority shareholder of Burberry Group plc, are
also potential beneficiaries of the holdings of the Trust. Accordingly, they are
also deemed, under section 324 Companies Act 1985, to have an interest in the
Shares held by the Trust.

The Company received notification on 3 June 2004, from Abacus Corporate Trustee
Limited as trustee of the Trust and on behalf of the directors named above that
on that date it had sold 31,000 Shares at a price of £3.83 per Share.

As at the close of business on 3 June 2004, the Trust held a total of 4,547,233
Shares.








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