Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6477A

Burberry Group PLC

22 March 2013

 



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:		19 March 2013
6.   Date on which the issuer notified:		20 March 2013
7.   Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Above 9%

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
Ordindary (GB0031743007)	39,210,912	39,210,912		40,656,191		40,656,191		9.196%

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
N/A

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
N/A					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
40,656,191	9.196%

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:	Gina Martinez
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

Schedule A

As of 19 March 2013

Burberry Group plc

	Number of shares	Percent of Outstanding
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CG") holdings	40,656,191	9.196%
Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:
• Capital Guardian Trust Company	236,300	0.053%
• Capital International Limited	167,900	0.038%
• Capital International SÁrl	176,600	0.040%
• Capital International, Inc.	294,000	0.067%
• Capital Research and Management Company     - New Perspective Fund	39,781,391	8.998%

 

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