Director Shareholding

Stock Exchange Notification                          

                        The Berkeley Group Holdings plc                        

         Notification of Interests of Directors and Connected Persons          

Following dealings by the directors detailed in this announcement, the
beneficial holdings of the executive directors of the Company are notified
below.

Exercise of Options

On 22 November 2004, the following directors exercised SAYE options to acquire
shares in The Berkeley Group plc ("Berkeley"), under The Berkeley Group plc
1994 SAYE Share Option Scheme.

By virtue of the Articles of Association of Berkeley the shares acquired were
exchanged for the same number of Units in The Berkeley Group Holdings plc each
comprising one ordinary share, one 2004 B Share, one 2006 B Share, one 2008 B
Share and one 2010 B Share.("Units").

Name             No        Option Price Percentage of Total        Total       
                 Options                issued class  holding      Percentage  
                 Exercised                            following    holding of  
                                                      this         issued class
                                                      notification following   
                                                                   this        
                                                                   notification
                                                                               
a) A W Pidgley      a) 284    a) 791.7p    a) 0.0002% a) 2,001,685    a) 1.657%
                                                                               
b)                    b) 0         b) 0          b) 0    b) 19,183    b) 0.016%
Non-beneficial                                                                 
holding                                                                        
                                                                               
R S J H Lewis          890       599.5p       0.0007%       40,890       0.034%
                                                                               
R C Perrins          1,386       611.1p       0.0011%       42,362       0.035%
                                                                               
A Carey              1,867       636.6p       0.0015%      185,632       0.154%
                                                                               
G J Fry                113       791.7p       0.0001%      100,212       0.083%

S Massie

Assistant Company Secretary

Dated: 22 November 2004