Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4774W

Berkeley Group Holdings (The) PLC

28 January 2013

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		No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights		No
Other (please specify):		No

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	William Blair & Company, LLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	January 24, 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	January 25, 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Falling below 5% threshold

8. Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN code	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
GB00B02L3W35	6,888,951	6,749,268	6,692,723	6,553,042		4.99%

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
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

6,553,042

4.99%

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

William Blair & Company, L.L.C., (William Blair) is an investment adviser registered under the U.S. Investment Advisers Act of 1940. As such, pursuant to advisory contracts, William Blair has the power to purchase and sell securities on behalf of its clients and the power to vote for most clients. Persons other than William Blair are entitled to receive all dividends from, and proceeds from the sale of all securities reported hereunder.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of proxy holder:

William Blair & Company, L.L.C.

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:

Alastair Bradshaw / Georgina Hall(Cardew Group)

15. Contact telephone number:

01932 868555 / 0207 930 0777