Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8149T

Berkeley Group Holdings (The) PLC

12 June 2009

 



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:		Berkeley Group Holdings plc
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Maan Abdulwahed Al-Sanea  Saad Investments Company Limited Saadgroup Limited Awal Trust Company Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	1.  Vidacos Nominees Limited    2.  Euroclear Nominees Limited    3.  Chase Nominees Limited    4.  Credit Suisse Client          Nominees  (UK) Limited    5.  Nomura International    6.  Bear Stearns Securities Corp
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	9 June 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	12 June 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Each full percentage starting with 29% down up to 15% incl

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code GB00B02L3W35	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		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary	37,746,465	37,746,465	18,811,264	-	18,811,264	-	14.38%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
18,811,264	14.38%

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

Maan Abdulwahed Al-Sanea (MAS) is subject to a notification obligation pursuant to DTR 5.2.1(e) as a 'parent undertaking' of Saad Investments Company Ltd (SICL), the entity that indirectly holds 18,811,264 shares. SICL is 96.2% owned by Saadgroup Limited (SGL) which is wholly owned by Awal Trust Company Ltd (ATCL) as trustee of the Saad STAR Trust. SGL and ATCL are therefore subject to a notification obligation pursuant to DTR 5.2.1(e) as a 'parent undertaking' of SICL.

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:	Richard Stearn
15. Contact telephone number:	01932 868555

 

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