Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4928S

Berkeley Group Holdings (The) PLC

19 May 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
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): Shareholder's dilution due to BG capital increase			Yes
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Maan Abdulwahed Al-Sanea Saad Investments Company Limited Awal Trust Company Limited Saadgroup Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	Vidacos Nominees Limited Euroclear Nominees Limited Chase Nominees Limited J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp Credit Suisse Client Nominees (UK) Limited Nomura International
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	28 April 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	18 May 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	29%

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	37,746,465	-	37,746,465	-	28.8%

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
37,746,465	28.8%

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 an indirect holder of 37,746,465 shares. MAS indirectly holds these shares through being a 'parent undertaking' of Saad Investments Company Ltd (SICL), the entity that indirectly holds 34,496,465 shares and through another Saad Group entity that indirectly holds 3,250,000 shares.

SICL is almost wholly owned by Saadgroup Limited (SGL) which is wholly owned by Awal Trust Company Ltd (ATCL) as trustee of the Saad STAR Trust. ATCL and SGL 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