Director Shareholding

The Berkeley Group Holdings plc ("the Company")

The Company was notified on Tuesday 21 December 2004 that, under The Berkeley
Group plc 2000 Long Term Incentive Plan ("the Plan"), 149,383 Units (each
comprising one new Ordinary Share, one 2006 B Share, one 2008 B Share and one
2010 B Share) in the Company vested in participants of the Plan.

Of these participants 84,211 Units in the Company vested in the name of Mr A W
Pidgley, a director of the Company, 7,894 Units in the Company vested in the
name of Mr R C Perrins, a director of the Company and 38,596 Units in the
Company vested in the name of Mr A Carey, a director of the Company. Messrs
Pidgley, Perrins and Carey retained these Units.

The holdings of Messrs Pidgley, Perrins and Carey in the Issued Capital of the
Company following this notification are as follows:

Name               Total Holding following this      % of the Issued Share     
                   notification                      Capital of the Company    
                                                                               
A W Pidgley        2,081,408 Units (Beneficial)      1.7227%                   
                                                                               
                   19,183 Units (non-beneficial)     0.0159%                   
                                                                               
                   4,488 Units (Mrs S J Pidgley)     0.0037%                   
                                                                               
R C Perrins        50,256 Units                      0.0416%                   
                                                                               
A Carey            224,228 Units                     0.1856%                   

The balances of the shares vested relate to those beneficiaries of the Plan who
are not Directors of the Company.

Dated: 21 December 2004