Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5812J

Burberry Group PLC

04 December 2008

 



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:

Burberry Group plc

2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights:

YES

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached:

NO

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights:

NO

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:

Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3) :

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):

  01 December 2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:

03 December 2008

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

From 3% - 4%

8. Notified Details:  

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction
ORD GBP 0.05	Number of shares 16,968,588	Number of voting rights  16,968,588

	Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
ORD GBP 0.05	17,341,246	Direct 17,341,246	Indirect	Direct 4.00	Indirect

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/ converted)	% of voting rights

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
17,341,246	4.00

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable :

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) Group
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (17,341,246 - 4.00% = LGAS,LGPL & PMC)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (15,719,993 - 3.63% = PMC)	Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) (15,719,993 - 3.63% = PMC)	Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)
	Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of 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:

Notification using the total voting rights figure of 432,853,944

14. Contact name:

Kathryn Dickinson, Deputy Company Secretary, Burberry Group plc

15. Contact telephone number:

020 3367 3505

 

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