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Burberry Group PLC
11 July 2014 
 
BURBERRY GROUP PLC 
 
(the "Company") 
 
Result of Annual General Meeting 
 
The Company held its Annual General Meeting held earlier today and announces
the results of voting below. 
 
Sir John Peace, Chairman, said: 
 
"After another strong trading update in which retail sales were up by 17%, we
are pleased that shareholders have voted in favour of all binding votes on our
remuneration policy, share plans and board appointments. However it is
disappointing that the advisory vote for this year's remuneration report did
not have the same level of support. 
 
In developing our remuneration policy, Burberry is guided by three principles:
delivering value to shareholders, ensuring business success and remaining
competitive in the global talent market in the luxury industry." 
 
Resolutions 1 to 19 were proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 20
to 22 as special resolutions as follows: 
 
 Resolution  Votes For*                                                                                                                         %            Votes Against  %            Total votes validly cast  Total votes cast as % of issued share capital  Votes Withheld**  
 1           To receive the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 31 March 2014.                                    329,300,304  99.80%         650,282      0.20%                     329,950,586                                    74.34%            4,372,920   
 2           To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.                                                                                     271,305,305  83.92%         51,981,069   16.08%                    323,286,374                                    72.84%            11,037,131  
 3           To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2014.                                                    157,179,496  47.32%         174,989,922  52.68%                    332,169,418                                    74.84%            2,154,087   
 4           To declare a final dividend of 23.2p per Ordinary Share.                                                                           332,553,360  100.00%        672          0.00%                     332,554,032                                    74.92%            1,769,322   
 5           To re-elect Sir John Peace as a director of the Company.                                                                           325,230,149  97.81%         7,298,304    2.19%                     332,528,453                                    74.92%            1,795,052   
 6           To re-elect Philip Bowman as a director of the Company.                                                                            306,608,398  96.85%         9,981,816    3.15%                     316,590,214                                    71.33%            17,733,921  
 7           To re-elect Ian Carter as a director of the Company.                                                                               313,917,494  94.40%         18,609,934   5.60%                     332,527,428                                    74.92%            1,796,078   
 8           To elect Jeremy Darroch as a director of the Company.                                                                              295,645,700  93.05%         22,093,556   6.95%                     317,739,256                                    71.59%            16,584,250  
 9           To re-elect Stephanie George as a director of the Company.                                                                         315,387,397  99.26%         2,351,466    0.74%                     317,738,863                                    71.59%            16,584,643  
 10          To elect Matthew Key as a director of the Company.                                                                                 317,519,824  99.93%         216,774      0.07%                     317,736,598                                    71.58%            16,586,908  
 11          To re-elect David Tyler as a director of the Company.                                                                              309,106,844  97.62%         7,529,393    2.38%                     316,636,237                                    71.34%            17,687,268  
 12          To elect Christopher Bailey as a director of the Company.                                                                          330,377,062  99.35%         2,157,792    0.65%                     332,534,854                                    74.92%            1,788,652   
 13          To re-elect Carol Fairweather as a director of the Company.                                                                        330,272,635  99.32%         2,261,033    0.68%                     332,533,668                                    74.92%            1,788,320   
 14          To re-elect John Smith as a director of the Company.                                                                               330,327,498  99.34%         2,203,188    0.66%                     332,530,686                                    74.92%            1,792,820   
 15          To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company.                                                               329,031,490  99.69%         1,022,936    0.31%                     330,054,426                                    74.36%            4,269,080   
 16          To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditors' remuneration.                                                          331,370,718  99.66%         1,123,951    0.34%                     332,494,669                                    74.91%            1,828,837   
 17          To approve the Burberry Group plc Executive Share Plan 2014.                                                                       303,072,798  91.16%         29,386,262   8.84%                     332,459,060                                    74.90%            1,864,445   
 18          To authorise political donations and expenditure by the Company and its subsidiaries.                                              328,084,656  98.67%         4,434,967    1.33%                     332,519,623                                    74.92%            1,803,883   
 19          To authorise the directors to allot shares.                                                                                        327,710,593  98.55%         4,818,126    1.45%                     332,528,719                                    74.92%            1,794,787   
 20          To renew the directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights.                                                                  326,768,670  98.27%         5,766,679    1.73%                     332,535,349                                    74.92%            1,788,157   
 21          To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares                                                                       332,168,473  99.90%         326,590      0.10%                     332,495,063                                    74.91%            1,828,443   
 22          To authorise the directors to call general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice  307,281,354  92.40%         25,268,007   7.60%                     332,549,361                                    74.92%            1,773,743   
 
 
* Includes discretionary votes 
 
** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation
of the votes for or against a resolution. 
 
Every shareholder has one vote for every Ordinary Share held.   As at 11 July
2014, the share capital of the Company consisted of 443,860,272 Ordinary
Shares with voting rights.  The Company did not hold any shares in Treasury. 
Therefore the total voting rights in Burberry Group plc as at 11 July 2014 are
443,860,272. 
 
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed,
other than ordinary business, have been submitted to the National Storage
Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at:
www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do 
 
11 July 2014 
 
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