Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5728D
Burberry Group PLC
03 December 2009
 



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 place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):


An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: YES


An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: NO


An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments:  NO


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: NO


Other (please specify) :



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


BlackRock, Inc.


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



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


1 December 2009


6. Date on which issuer notified:


3 December 2009


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


Above 5% threshold

  8. Notified Details:


A: Voting rights attached to shares


Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction



Number of shares

Number of voting rights 

GB0031743007


21,266,598

21,266,598




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




Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB00317430007


N/A

N/A

38,510,030

N/A

8.88%


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









C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of financial instrument

Exercise date

Expiration date 



Exercise/

conversion period 


No. of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights








Nominal

Delta

CFD

N/A

N/A

N/A

676,937

0.16%




Total (A+B+C)


Number of voting rights

of voting rights

39,186,967

9.03%


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


On 1 December 2009, the Barclays Global Investors (BGI) business was acquired by BlackRock, Inc. The combined holdings of BlackRock, Inc following this acquisition triggered this disclosure requirement.


BlackRock investment Management (UK) Limited - 39,186,967 (9.03%)


Proxy Voting:


10. Name of proxy holder:



11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:



12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:




13. Additional information:



14. Contact name:


    Kathryn Dickinson, Deputy Company Secretary, Burberry Group plc    


15. Contact telephone number:


020 3367 3505


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