Berkeley Group Holdings (The) PLC Transaction in Own Shares (0807Z)

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RNS Number : 0807Z

Berkeley Group Holdings (The) PLC

10 March 2017

10 March 2017

The Berkeley Group Holdings plc (the "Company")

Transaction in own shares

The Company announces that on 9 March 2017 it purchased 118,319 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:                                                        9 March 2017 
   Number of Shares purchased:                                       118,319 
   Highest price paid per Share:                                         2950p 
   Lowest price paid per Share:                                          2923p 
   Volume weighted average price paid per Share:         2941.6254p 
   Broker:                                                                               UBS 

The Company intends to hold the purchased Shares in Treasury.

Following the purchase of these Shares, the Company holds 2,229,014 of its Shares in Treasury and has 137,928,169 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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