Transaction in Own Shares

Burberry Group PLC
06 May 2005


                 BURBERRY GROUP PLC:  Transaction in Own Shares


Pursuant to the irrevocable, non-discretionary authority, given by Burberry
Group plc ('the Company') to its brokers on 31 March 2005, it is announced that
on 6 May 2005 the Company purchased 290,010 of its ordinary shares of 0.05p each
('Shares') for cancellation.  Of these Shares, 100,000 were purchased on-market
from Merrill Lynch at a price of 367.1427 pence per Share and 190,010 were
purchased off-market directly from GUS Holdings Limited also at a price of
367.1427 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.


                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange