Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3270G

Burberry Group PLC

10 May 2011

 



TR-1:  Notification 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 tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3.   Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		FMR LLC
4.   Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):		See attached schedule
5.   Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		28 April 2011
6.   Date on which the issuer notified:		4 May 2011 (An amendment to the numbers of shares and voting rights was notified on 10 May 2011)
7.   Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		5%

8.  Notified details:
A:  Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights	Number of shares		Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
			Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary GB0031743007	21,551,594	21,551,594		22,145,417		22,145,417		5.08%

B:  Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
n/a

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
22,145,417	5.08%

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

See attached schedule

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	FMR LLC
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire:	593,823
12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire voting rights:	28 April 2011

13. Additional information:
14. Contact Name:	Philip Alexander
15. Contact telephone number:	01737 834624

SCHEDULE

FMR LLC is the parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, FIL Management Trust Company (FMTC), Pyramis Global Advisors Trust Company (PGATC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts Pyramis Global Advisors LLC (PGALLC) and Pyramis Trust Company (PTC).

Shares Held	Nominee	Management Company
10,046,837	Brown Brothers Harriman and Co	FMRCO
10,100	Brown Brothers Harriman and Co	PTC
11,400	CIBC Mellon Trust	FCL
115,800	JP Morgan Chase Bank	FMR
9,999,000	JP Morgan Chase Bank	FMRCO
9,200	JP Morgan Chase Bank	FMTC
169,700	JP Morgan Chase Bank	PTC
37,100	Mellon Bank N.A.	FMRCO
19,100	Mellon Bank N.A.	FMTC
87,900	Mellon Bank N.A.	PTC
8,100	Northern Trust Co	FMRCO
44,000	Northern Trust Co	FMTC
102,500	State Street Bank and TR Co	FICL
807,600	State Street Bank and TR Co	FMRCO
59,500	State Street Bank and TR Co	FMTC
187,400	State Street Bank and TR Co	PTC
63,800	CIBC Mellon Trust (C )	FCL
69,600	Royal Trust - Toronto	FCL
12,500	Mellon Bank NA (C )	PTC
192,200	Northern Trust Co (C )	FMR
12,800	Bank of New York Mellon	PTC
28,400	National Bank Trust (C )	FCL
14,300	Royal Trust - Toronto	FCL
21,480	US Bank NA (C )	PTC
13,100	Royal Bank of Canada (C )	PTC
2,000	N/A	N/A

 

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