Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2199W
Burberry Group PLC
15 November 2010
 



TR-1: Notifications 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 place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):

 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: YES

 

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying 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:  YES

 

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: NO

 

Other (please specify) :

 

 

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

 

BlackRock, Inc.

 

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

 

 

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

 

12 November 2010

 

6. Date on which issuer notified:

 

15 November 2010

 

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

 

Above 10% threshold



8. Notified Details:

 

A: Voting rights attached to shares

 

Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction




Number of shares


Number of voting rights


GB0031743007

 

42,188,259

42,188,259

 

 


Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights






Direct


Indirect


Direct


Indirect


GB00317430007

 

N/A

N/A

42,250,701

N/A

9.70%

 

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 

Type of financial instrument


Expiration date




Exercise/conversion period/date



No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument 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 date

Expiration date




Exercise/

conversion period



No. of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights




 

 

 

 

 

Nominal

Delta

CFD

 

 

 

1,324,207

0.30%

0.30%

 

 

Total (A+B+C)

 

Number of voting rights


% of voting rights


43,574,908

10.01%

 

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

 

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 43,574,908 (10.01%)

 

Proxy Voting:

 

10. Name of 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:

 

 

14. Contact name:

 

      Kathryn Dickinson, Deputy Company Secretary, Burberry Group plc          

 

15. Contact telephone number:

 

020 3367 3505


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