Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5509Y

Burberry Group PLC

04 September 2009

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 acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: NO

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: NO

Other (please specify):

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

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group

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

See additional information under 13.

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

2 September 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

3 September 2009

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

Below 5% threshold

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

GB0031743007

21,706,716

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	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0031743007	306,034	306,034	20,858,577	0.071%	4.813%

B: Qualifying 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

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Exercise Price	Expiration Date	Exercise/Con-version Period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta
CFD				21,455	0.005%

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
21,186,066	4.889%

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

Ameriprise Financial Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Management Luxembourg SA and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

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

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

13. Additional information:

Registered Owner	Account Number	Number of Shares
Littledown Nominees Ltd	35822	17,000
KDTC KAS Depositary Trust Company	22.36.31.213	280,000
Morgan Stanley Nominees Limited	04F607602	1,220
Ameriprise Financial Inc		2,159
Threadneedle Management Luxembourg SA		79,600
William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd	301780	50,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd	03449	235,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd	02891	10,445,270
The Bank Of New York (Nominees) Limited	52260	383,789
The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited	52266	114,506
The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited	52286	543,113
Littledown Nominees Ltd	07198	306,034
Littledown Nominees Ltd	11121	11,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd	10479	12,893
Morgan Stanley Nominees Limited	36199142	20,235
Littledown Nominees Ltd	07205	522,155
Littledown Nominees Ltd	21688	167,810
Littledown Nominees Ltd	07207	950,993
Littledown Nominees Ltd	07199	50,918
Littledown Nominees Ltd	18668	185,732
Littledown Nominees Ltd	10496	998,990
Littledown Nominees Ltd	10491	2,462,471
Littledown Nominees Ltd	10488	1,702,802
Littledown Nominees Ltd	10495	540,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd	10489	73,189
Littledown Nominees Ltd	31348	117,617
Littledown Nominees Ltd	02642	911,570