Burberry Group PLC
06 February 2006
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Name of company
Burberry Group plc ('the Company')
2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
Janus Capital Management LLC ('Janus')
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 a non-beneficial interest
4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them
Not advised
5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
Not advised
6. Percentage of issued class
Not applicable
7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed
Not advised
8. Percentage of issued class
Not applicable
9. Class of security
Ordinary Shares of 0.05p each
10. Date of transaction
Not advised
11. Date company informed
03 February 2006
12. Total holding following this notification
28,908,973 (as at Tuesday, 31 January 2006)
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
6.34%
14. Any additional information
Janus provides investment advice to various mutual funds and other accounts
('Janus Clients'). The shares of the Company are held by Janus on behalf of
various Janus Clients only for investment purposes and not to exercise control
over the Company.
Included within the holding disclosed in 13 above is an interest of 4.62% of the
Company's issued Ordinary shares which were acquired by Janus on behalf of Janus
Investment Fund, a Masachusetts business trust registered as an open-end
investment company under the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940.
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
Raj Bhasin, Deputy Company Secretary
Date of notification
06 February 2006
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