Director/PDMR Shareholding

The Berkeley Group Holdings plc ("the Company")                

The Company makes this notification in relation to transactions notified in
accordance with DR 3.1.4R(1)(a) and DR 3.1.4.R(1)(b) a disclosure made in
accordance with section 324 (as extended by section 328) of the Companies Act
1985.

The Company was notified on 21 August 2006 that, under The Berkeley Group plc
2000 Long Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), 299,465 Units (each comprising one
new Ordinary Share, one 2006 B Share, one 2008 B Share and one 2010 B Share)
("Units") in the Company vested in participants of the Plan on 19 August 2006,
at nil consideration in accordance with the Rules of The Berkeley Group plc
2000 Long Term Incentive Plan. 214,848 Units in the Company vested in Directors
as detailed in the table below:

Name of director      Number of    Percentage of  Total Holding    Total       
                      Units Vested issued class   following        Percentage  
                                                  Notification     of Issued   
                                                                   Class       
                                                                   following   
                                                                   Notification
                                                                               
A W Pidgley           a) 97,744    a) 0.081       a) 1,696,982     a) 1.405    
                                                  (Beneficial)                 
                                                                   b) 0.016    
                                                  b) 19,183                    
                                                                   c) 0.004    
                                                  (non-Beneficial)             
                                                                               
                                                  c) 4,488                     
                                                                               
                                                  (Mrs S J                     
                                                  Pidgley)                     
                                                                               
A Carey               57,894       0.048          348,738          0.289       
                                                                               
G J Fry               31,015       0.026          157,310          0.130       
                                                                               
R C G Perrins         28,195       0.023          86,133           0.071       

The balance of the Units vested relate to those beneficiaries of the Plan who
are not Directors or Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility of the
Company.

AR Foster

Company Secretary

Dated: 21 August 2006