Burberry Group PLC

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RNS Number : 2490P

Burberry Group PLC

16 February 2016

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES



1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii		Burberry Group PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			X
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: iii	HSBC Holdings plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv	HSBC Bank plc HSBC Broking Securities (Asia) Limited HSBC Global Asset Management (Hong Kong) Limited HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited HSBC International Trustee Limited HSBC Investment Management HSBC Trust Company (UK) Limited INKA Internationale Kapitalanlagegesellschft mbH,Dusseldorf HSBC Bank Brasil S.A. - Banco Multiplo
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	11th February 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:	15th February 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	Above 5%


8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
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 x
Direct		Direct xi		Indirect xii		Direct			Indirect
GB0031743007	Below Threshold			Below Threshold			11,411,033		11,411,033		1,506,264		2.564 %		0.339 %

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date xiii		Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
Right to recall (Stock Lent)										117,442				0.026 %

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date xvii		Exercise/ Conversion period xviii		Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights xix, xx
Equity Swap Cash Settled Option								11,138,026 5				Nominal			Delta
2.503 % 0.000 %			2.503 % 0.000 %

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
24,172,770								5.432 %


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

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		NA
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		NA
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		NA

13. Additional information:	None
14. Contact name:	Sanjeev Kalha
15. Contact telephone number:	+44 (0) 20 7992 3452 ([email protected])

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