Burberry Group PLC
11 November 2003
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Name of company
Burberry Group plc
2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited and its direct and
indirect subsidiaries, and Mr Edward C. Johnson 3d, a principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity
International Limited.
3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18
In respect of non-beneficial interests
4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them
Nominee/Registered Name Management Company Shares Held
HSBC FMRCO 14,033,916
Chase Manhattan Bank London FISL 25,927
Bankers Trust FPM 502,100
HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited FPM 252,800
5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
Not applicable
6. Percentage of issued class
Not applicable
7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed
2,566,900 since the previous notification from the shareholder named in 2 above dated 24 June 2003
8. Percentage of issued class
0.51%
9. Class of security
Ordinary Shares of 0.05p each
10. Date of transaction
Not advised
11. Date company informed
10 November 2003
12. Total holding following this notification
14,814,743
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
2.96%
14. Any additional information
FMR Corp. is the parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO), investment
manager for US mutual funds.
Fidelity International Limited is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries,
including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL) and Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), investment
managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients.
The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorised unit trust schemes in the U.K.,
notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant to Section 209(1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985 ('the
Act').
The notification of disclosable interests constitute separate notifications of interest in the shares and
are combined solely for the purposes of clarity and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate
that FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited and its direct and
indirect subsidiaries or Mr Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed
interests, or that they are required to submit these notifications on a joint basis.
The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4)(b) of the Act, namely where a person, not being the
registered holder, is entitled to exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control
the exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Raj Bhasin - 020 7968 0533
16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
Raj Bhasin - Assistant Company Secretary
Date of notification
11 November 2003
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