Burberry Group PLC
25 June 2003
DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS
1) NAME OF COMPANY
BURBERRY GROUP PLC
2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST
FMR CORP. AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES, FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL
LIMITED AND ITS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES, AND MR EDWARD C. JOHNSON 3D, A
PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDER OF FMR CORP. AND FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED.
3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18
IN RESPECT OF NON-BENEFICIAL INTERESTS
4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them.
Nominee/Registered Name Management Company Shares Held
HSBC FMRCO 14,520,616
Chase Manhattan Bank London FISL 25,927
Bankers Trust FPM 446,400
HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited FPM 304,000
Citibank FPM 101,600
Bank of New York London FPM 84,300
Chase Manhattan Bank London FIL 105,000
Northern Trust FIL 117,300
J P Morgan FIL 247,800
State Street Nominees Ltd FIL 140,000
Bank of New York Brussels FIL 189,400
Northern Trust FIL 200,900
State Street Bank & Trust FIL 24,400
Bank of New York London FIL 344,100
Nortrust Nominees Ltd FIL 327,400
Morgan Stanley FIL 202,500
5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.
NOT APPLICABLE
6) ( NOT APPLICABLE %) of issued Class
7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
3,369,765
8) ( 0.67 %) of issued Class
9) Class of security
ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.05P EACH
10) Date of transaction
NOT ADVISED
11) Date company informed
24 JUNE 2003
12) Total holding following this notification
17,381,643
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
3.48%
14) Any additional information
FMR Corp. is the parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research
Company (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds.
Fidelity International Limited is the parent holding company for various direct
and indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL)
and Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), investment managers for various non-US
investment companies and institutional clients.
The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorised unit
trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant
to Section 209(1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.
The notification of disclosable interests constitute separate notifications of
interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of clarity and
efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR Corp. and its
direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited and its direct
and indirect subsidiaries or Mr Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or in
concert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required to
submit these notifications on a joint basis.
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
RAJ BHASIN - 020 7968 0533
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
MICHAEL MAHONY
Date of Notification 25 JUNE 2003
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