Transaction in Own Shares

Burberry Group PLC
30 August 2005


BURBERRY GROUP PLC: Transaction in Own Shares

Burberry Group plc ('the Company') announces that it has today purchased 444,321
of its ordinary shares of 0.05p each ('Shares') for cancellation.  Of these
Shares, 155,317 were purchased on-market from Morgan Stanley at a price of
426.6791 pence per Share and 289,004 were purchased off-market directly from GUS
Holdings Limited also at a price of 426.6791 pence per share in accordance with
the Agreement dated 14 July 2005 between the Company and GUS plc approved by the
Company's shareholders on 14 July 2005.


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