Holding(s) in Company

Burberry Group PLC
07 October 2003

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Name of company

Burberry Group plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

Wellington Management Company, LLP

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 2 above

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

Not advised

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

543,541 since the previous notification from Wellington Management Company, LLP 
dated 29 September 2003

8. Percentage of issued class

0.11%

9. Class of security

Ordinary Shares of 0.05p each

10. Date of transaction

Not advised

11. Date company informed

6 October 2003

12. Total holding following this notification

14,744,639

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

2.95%

14. Any additional information

Wellington Management Company, LLP acts as discretionary investment manager to
various separate accounts that hold beneficial interests in Burberry Group plc.

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

7 October 2003


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