Transaction in Own Shares

Burberry Group PLC
27 January 2005



BURBERRY GROUP PLC: Transaction in Own Shares

Burberry Group plc ('the Company') announces that it has today purchased 870,058
of its ordinary shares of 0.05p each ('Shares') for cancellation.  Of these
Shares, 300,000 were purchased on-market from Morgan Stanley at a price of
389.7917 pence per Share and 570,058 were purchased off-market directly from GUS
Holdings Limited also at a price of 389.7917 pence per share in accordance with
the Agreement dated 20 December 2004 between the Company and GUS plc approved by
the Company's shareholders on 20 December 2004.


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