Berkeley Group Holdings (The) PLC Transaction in Own Shares (3870V)

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RNS Number : 3870V

Berkeley Group Holdings (The) PLC

30 January 2017

30 January 2017

The Berkeley Group Holdings plc (the "Company")

Transaction in own shares

The Company announces that on 27 January 2017 it purchased 70,121 of its ordinary shares of 5p each ("Shares") through UBS, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 6 September 2016.

   Date of transaction:                                                        27 January 2017 
   Number of Shares purchased:                                      70,121 
   Highest price paid per Share:                                       2838p 
   Lowest price paid per Share:                                        2815p 
   Volume weighted average price paid per Share:       2824.1533p 
   Broker:                                                                             UBS 

The Company intends to hold the purchased Shares in Treasury.

Following the purchase of these Shares, the Company holds 1,344,305 of its Shares in Treasury and has 138,812,878 Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares). This is the figure which should be used by shareholders as the denominator when determining whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of LR 12.4.6.

Gemma Parsons

Company Secretary

The Berkeley Group Holdings plc

Tel: [phone]

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