Transaction in Own Shares

Burberry Group PLC
18 August 2005


BURBERRY GROUP PLC: Transaction in Own Shares

Burberry Group plc ('the Company') announces that it has today purchased 286,088
of its ordinary shares of 0.05p each ('Shares') for cancellation.  Of these
Shares, 100,000 were purchased on-market from Morgan Stanley at a price of
425.4900 pence per Share and 186,088 were purchased off-market directly from GUS
Holdings Limited also at a price of 425.4900 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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