Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9946R

Burberry Group PLC

15 December 2016

 



Burberry Group plc (the "Company") - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

The Company has received the forms TR-1 below.  Both forms were sent to an email account which is not routinely monitored and which is not used to receive regulatory notifications.  The forms came to the Company's attention today.

15 December 2016

The forms TR-1 are set out below:

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			Burberry Group plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached				X
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: iii		The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Goldman Sachs International Goldman, Sachs & Co. Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		09 December 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:		13 December 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Above 3%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0031743007

Below 3%

Below 3%

219,926

0.05%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

Stock Loan (Physical)

Open

13,123,363

2.98%

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

13,343,289

3.03%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; 13,343,289 shares; 3.03% Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C. (Controlled by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.); Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited (Controlled by Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C.); Goldman Sachs International (Controlled by Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited The Goldman, Sachs & Co. L.L.C. (Controlled by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.) Goldman, Sachs & Co. (Controlled by The Goldman, Sachs & Co. L.L.C.) GSAM Holdings LLC (Controlled by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.) Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (Controlled by GSAM Holdings LLC)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A
13. Additional information:	Please note, total amount of voting rights have been rounded to 2 decimal places therefore there is a possibility of a rounding error. General email contact: [e-mail]
14. Contact name:	Joanna Foley
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			Burberry Group plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached				X
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: iii		The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Goldman Sachs International Goldman, Sachs & Co. Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		15 November  2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:		17 November 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Below 3%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0031743007

210,416

210,416

Below 3%

Below 3%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

Below 3%

Below 3%

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

Below 3%

Below 3%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
N/A
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A
13. Additional information:	Please note, total amount of voting rights have been rounded to 2 decimal places therefore there is a possibility of a rounding error. General email contact: [e-mail]
14. Contact name:	Joanna Foley
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

 

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