Director Shareholding

Burberry Group PLC
18 June 2003


GUS plc announced yesterday, 17 June 2003, the increase in the share interests
of its directors resulting from the following purchases, by Towers Perrin Eagle
Star Share Plan Services (Guernsey) Limited, of Ordinary shares of 25p each in
GUS plc ('Ordinary shares'):


  • On 30 May 2003, 650,000 Ordinary shares as trustee of the GUS plc ESOP
    Trust at a price of £6.377696 per share.

  • On 13 June 2003, 500,000 Ordinary shares as trustee of the GUS plc ESOP
    Trust (No. 2) at a price of £6.639721 per share.

John Peace, Rose Marie Bravo, Michael Metcalf, Thomas O'Neill and David Tyler
are, together with other employees of the GUS group, potential beneficiaries of
the holdings of the GUS plc ESOP Trust and, as such, each of these directors of
Burberry Group plc ('the Company') are deemed, under section 324 Companies Act
1985, to have an interest in the Ordinary shares of GUS plc held by that trust.

Rose Marie Bravo, Michael Metcalf and Thomas O'Neill are, together with other
employees of the GUS group, potential beneficiaries of the holdings of the GUS
plc ESOP Trust (No.2) and, as such, each of these directors of the Company are
deemed, under section 324 Companies Act 1985, to have an interest in the
Ordinary shares of GUS plc held by that trust.

Accordingly, Burberry Group plc wishes to announce the change in the interests
of the above directors in the shares of the GUS group, the majority shareholder
of the Company.

The Company was notified of the above purchases on 17 June 2003.


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