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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 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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