Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9351T

Berkeley Group Holdings (The) PLC

15 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:				1. Saad Investments Company Limited 2. Saadgroup Limited 3. Awal Trust Company Limited 4. Maan Abdulwahed Al-Sanea
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):				12 June 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:				15 June 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:				14%
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	18,811,264	18,811,264	18,006,219			-	18,006,219		-	13.76%

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
18,006,219	13.76%

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 18,006,219 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.