Director Shareholding

Burberry Group PLC
15 March 2004


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, Michael Metcalf
and Stacey Cartwright 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 12 March 2004, from Abacus Corporate
Trustee Limited as trustee of the Trust and on behalf of the directors named
above that on 5 March 2004 it had transferred 400 Shares to a participant of the
Company's International Free Share Plans.








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