Holding(s) in Company

Burberry Group PLC
17 August 2006

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



1. Name of listed company


Burberry Group plc



2. Name of shareholder having a major interest


Schroder Investment Management Limited



3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a nonbeneficial 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                      Shares Held
Schroder Nominees Limited                    3,858,370
Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (are or to be   10,786,304
registered in the name of Chase Nominees
Limited)
Schroder Investment North America Ltd (are   12,004,422
or to be registered in the name of Chase
Nominees Limited)
Schroder & Co Limited (are or to be          103,317
registered in the name of Brown Brothers
Harriman)
Schroder Investment Management Hong Kong Ltd 137,810
BNY (PCS) Nominees Ltd a/c 219021            396,549
Chase Nominees Ltd                           1,181,554
HSBC Global Custody                          102,336
Banque Internationale a Luxembourg           290,139
MSS Nominees Ltd Mariner House P             1,758,657
Nortrust Nominees Ltd                        4,613,296
State Street Nominees Ltd                    2,891,079
HSBC Global Custody Nominees Ltd a/c 771401  43,959
CDC IXIS                                     1,119,810
The Northern Trust Company                   754,062
Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd                     185,837
Mellon Trust                                 101,233
Citibank International Plc Luxemburg         752,105
HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd a/c    30,500
809955
Investors Tst & Custodial Services           21,301
Citibank                                     909,091
JP Morgan Bank Luxembourg SA                 2,172,308
Picet & Cie                                  294,794
Nutraco Nominees Ltd                         98,498
Bermuda Trust (Far East) Ltd                 28,125
Sumitomo Trust & Banking                     12,925
Nortrust Nominees Ltd a/c SRC13              72,864
Banque Nationale de Paris                    11,100



5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired


Not disclosed



6 Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed company
should not be taken into account when calculating percentage)


Not disclosed



7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed


Not applicable



8 Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed company
should not be taken into account when calculating percentage)


Not applicable



9. Class of security


Ordinary Shares of 0.05p each



10. Date of transaction


Not advised



11. Date listed company informed


17 August 2006



12. Total holding following this notification


44,732,345



13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any
treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when
calculating percentage)


10.09%



14. Any additional information


Letter from Schroder Investment Management Limited.



Schroder Investment Management Limited, have an interest in 32,486,796 shares
which are held in portfolios managed by us on a discretionary basis for clients
under investment management agreements.


Included in this figure are:



(i)                    3,858,370 shares registered or to be registered in the name of our wholly-owned
subsidiary nominee company, Schroder Nominees Limited (Schroder Nominees);



(ii)                  10,786,304 shares held in unit trusts operated and managed by an affiliated company,
Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (SUTL), and registered or to be registered in the name of Chase Nominees
Limited;



(iii)                17,842,122 shares neither registered nor to be registered in the name of Schroder
Nominees.  The registration details are shown on the enclosed Schedule A.



A subsidiary, Schroder Investment Management North America Ltd (SIMNA Ltd), is managing a portfolios on a
similar basis holding a further 12,004,422 shares.  These shares are registered or to be registered in the
name of Chase Nominees Limited.



An affiliated company, Schroder & Co Limited (S&Co Ltd), is managing on a discretionary basis portfolio
holding a further 103,317 shares. These shares are registered or to be registered in the name of Brown
Brothers Harriman.



An affiliated company, Schroder Investment Management Hong Kong Ltd, is managing on a discretionary basis
portfolios holding a further 137,810 shares.



We believe that we, our subsidiary and affiliated companies are therefore interested in an overall
aggregate of 44,732,345 shares, representing some 10.08% of the total number of shares in issue, namely
443,413,713.



This notification is made to you:



(a)         in respect of our interest as investment managers;

(b)         on behalf of  SIMNA Ltd, S&Co Ltd, SIMHK Ltd and SUTL in relation to the interests they are
treated as having respectively under the Companies Act 1985 (the Act); and

(c)         on behalf of Schroders plc., our holding company, which is treated as having an interest in
all of the above shares under the Act by virtue of its ownership of SIMNA Ltd, S&Co, SUTL and ourselves.





15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries


Kathryn Dickinson, 020 7968 5682



16. Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company
responsible for making this notification


Kathryn Dickinson, Deputy Company Secretary



Date of notification


17 August 2006



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