Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7814Q

Burberry Group PLC

09 November 2012

 



TR-1:  Notification of Major Interests in Shares
1.   Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:			Burberry Group plc
2.  Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3.   Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
4.   Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):		See Schedule A
5.   Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed reached:		7 November 2012
6.   Date on which the issuer notified:		8 November 2012
7.   Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		8%

8.  Notified details:
A:  Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights	Number of shares		Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
			Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary Shares (ISIN: GB0031743007)	35,334,966	35,334,966		35,458,691		35,458,691		8.0243%

B:  Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
35,458,691	8.0243%

9.   Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

See Schedule A

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14. Contact Name:	Christopher Aquino
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

As of 7 November 2012

Burberry Group plc

	Number of shares	Percent of outstanding
The Capital Group of Companies, Inc. ("CG") holdings	35,458,691	8.024%
Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:
·     Capital Guardian Trust Company	233,000	0.053%
·     Capital International Limited	142,600	0.032%
·     Capital International Sarl	170,700	0.039%
·     Capital International Inc.	395,700	0.090%
·     Capital Research and Management Company	34,516,691	7.811%
·     New Perspective Fund, Inc.

Schedule A

 

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