11th Oct 2010 15:07
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:
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3) :
MFS invests in securities of the issuer on behalf of its various mutual funds and institutional account clients.
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):
1 October 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:
5 October 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
5%
8. Notified Details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE |
Situation previous to the triggering transaction |
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Number of shares |
Number of voting rights |
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GB0031743007 |
29,606,993 |
21,930,572 |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE |
Number of shares |
Number of voting rights |
% of voting rights |
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Direct |
Indirect |
Direct |
Indirect |
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20,073,645 |
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4.61% |
B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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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 |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financial instrument |
Exercise date |
Expiration date |
Exercise/ conversion period |
No. of voting rights instrument refers to |
% of voting rights |
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Nominal |
Delta |
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights |
% of voting rights |
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20,073,645 |
4.61% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable :
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Burberry Group PLC - 3174300
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Holdings as of 1 October 2010
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Entity
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Holding |
Percentage Held |
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MFS Investment Management (LUX) SA
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1,432,231 |
0.33% |
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MFS Investment Management (MFS)
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4,980,263 |
1.14% |
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MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc. (MFSI)
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5,598,509 |
1.29% |
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MFS International Ltd. (MIL)
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604,443 |
0.14% |
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MFS International (U.K.) Limited (MIL U.K.)
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4,942,099 |
1.13% |
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MFS International Management K.K. (MIM K.K.)
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2,516,100 |
0.58% |
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Notifiable Interest
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20,073,645 |
4.61% |
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Shares Outstanding
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435,379,252 |
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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:
14. Contact name:
Kathryn Dickinson, Deputy Company Secretary, Burberry Group plc
15. Contact telephone number:
020 3367 3505
Related Shares:
Burberry