17th Aug 2006 15:03
Burberry Group PLC17 August 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of listed company Burberry Group plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Schroder Investment Management Limited 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a nonbeneficial interest; orin the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouseor children under the age of 18 In respect of non-beneficial interests 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Nominee/Registered Name Shares HeldSchroder Nominees Limited 3,858,370Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (are or to be 10,786,304registered in the name of Chase NomineesLimited)Schroder Investment North America Ltd (are 12,004,422or to be registered in the name of ChaseNominees Limited)Schroder & Co Limited (are or to be 103,317registered in the name of Brown BrothersHarriman)Schroder Investment Management Hong Kong Ltd 137,810BNY (PCS) Nominees Ltd a/c 219021 396,549Chase Nominees Ltd 1,181,554HSBC Global Custody 102,336Banque Internationale a Luxembourg 290,139MSS Nominees Ltd Mariner House P 1,758,657Nortrust Nominees Ltd 4,613,296State Street Nominees Ltd 2,891,079HSBC Global Custody Nominees Ltd a/c 771401 43,959CDC IXIS 1,119,810The Northern Trust Company 754,062Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd 185,837Mellon Trust 101,233Citibank International Plc Luxemburg 752,105HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd a/c 30,500809955Investors Tst & Custodial Services 21,301Citibank 909,091JP Morgan Bank Luxembourg SA 2,172,308Picet & Cie 294,794Nutraco Nominees Ltd 98,498Bermuda Trust (Far East) Ltd 28,125Sumitomo Trust & Banking 12,925Nortrust Nominees Ltd a/c SRC13 72,864Banque Nationale de Paris 11,100 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired Not disclosed 6 Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) Not disclosed 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed Not applicable 8 Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) Not applicable 9. Class of security Ordinary Shares of 0.05p each 10. Date of transaction Not advised 11. Date listed company informed 17 August 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 44,732,345 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (anytreasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account whencalculating percentage) 10.09% 14. Any additional information Letter from Schroder Investment Management Limited. Schroder Investment Management Limited, have an interest in 32,486,796 shareswhich are held in portfolios managed by us on a discretionary basis for clientsunder investment management agreements. Included in this figure are: (i) 3,858,370 shares registered or to be registered in the name of our wholly-ownedsubsidiary nominee company, Schroder Nominees Limited (Schroder Nominees); (ii) 10,786,304 shares held in unit trusts operated and managed by an affiliated company,Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (SUTL), and registered or to be registered in the name of Chase NomineesLimited; (iii) 17,842,122 shares neither registered nor to be registered in the name of SchroderNominees. The registration details are shown on the enclosed Schedule A. A subsidiary, Schroder Investment Management North America Ltd (SIMNA Ltd), is managing a portfolios on asimilar basis holding a further 12,004,422 shares. These shares are registered or to be registered in thename of Chase Nominees Limited. An affiliated company, Schroder & Co Limited (S&Co Ltd), is managing on a discretionary basis portfolioholding a further 103,317 shares. These shares are registered or to be registered in the name of BrownBrothers Harriman. An affiliated company, Schroder Investment Management Hong Kong Ltd, is managing on a discretionary basisportfolios holding a further 137,810 shares. We believe that we, our subsidiary and affiliated companies are therefore interested in an overallaggregate of 44,732,345 shares, representing some 10.08% of the total number of shares in issue, namely443,413,713. This notification is made to you: (a) in respect of our interest as investment managers; (b) on behalf of SIMNA Ltd, S&Co Ltd, SIMHK Ltd and SUTL in relation to the interests they aretreated as having respectively under the Companies Act 1985 (the Act); and (c) on behalf of Schroders plc., our holding company, which is treated as having an interest inall of the above shares under the Act by virtue of its ownership of SIMNA Ltd, S&Co, SUTL and ourselves. 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Kathryn Dickinson, 020 7968 5682 16. Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed companyresponsible for making this notification Kathryn Dickinson, Deputy Company Secretary Date of notification 17 August 2006 The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of thisdocument or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission.The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damagesfor loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwisefrom the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained init, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document orany such material. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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