Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7376E

Burberry Group PLC

30 September 2008

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Burberry Group plc

2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: YES

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: NO

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: NO

Other (please specify): NO

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

Massachusetts Financial Services Company

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) :

MFS invests in securities of the issuer on behalf of its various mutual funds and institutional account clients

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

24 September 2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:

29 September 2008

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

5.94%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of Voting Rights (viii)
GB0031743007	30,549,975	21,578,415

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
		Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0031743007	36,503,265	N/A	25,720,195	N/A	5.94%

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
25,720,195	5.94%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Burberry Group PLC - 3174300
Holdings as of 24 September 2008
Entity		Holding	Percentage Held
MFS Investment Management (MFS)		9,124,470	2.11%
MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc. (MFSI)		5,923,845	1.37%
MFS International Ltd. (MIL)		794,940	0.18%
MFS International (U.K.) Limited (MIL U.K.)		6,891,670	1.59%
MFS International Management K.K. (MIM K.K.)		1,550,050	0.36%
MFS Investment Management (Lux) S.A. (MIM Lux)		1,435,220	0.33%
Notifiable Interest		25,720,195	5.94%
Shares Outstanding		432,801,485

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:  N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:  N/A

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Kathryn Dickinson, Deputy Company Secretary, Burberry Group plc

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7968 5682

 

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