Director Shareholding

Burberry Group PLC
10 June 2003

Burberry Group plc ('the Company')

As potential beneficiaries of the holdings of The Burberry Group plc ESOP Trust
('the Trust'), employees of the Company and its subsidiaries and the following
directors of the Company; Rose Marie Bravo, Thomas J. O'Neill and Michael
Metcalf are deemed, under section 324 Companies Act 1985, to have an interest in
the Ordinary Shares of 0.05p each in the Company ('Shares') held by the Trust.

John Peace and David Tyler, non-executive directors of the Company and the
employees of the GUS group, the majority shareholder of Burberry Group plc, are
also potential beneficiaries of the holdings of the Trust. Accordingly, they are
also deemed, under section 324 Companies Act 1985, to have an interest in the
Shares held by the Trust.

The Company received notification on 9 June 2003 from Abacus Corporate Trustee
Limited as trustee of the Trust and on behalf of the directors named above that,
on 6 June 2003, it had acquired 100,000 Shares at a price of £2.6298 per Share.

The Company also received notification on 10 June 2003 from Abacus Corporate
Trustee Limited as trustee of the Trust and on behalf of the directors named
above that, on 9 June 2003, it had acquired 560,000 Shares at a price of £2.6065
per Share.






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