Director Shareholding

Berkeley Group Holdings (The) PLC
30 June 2005


The Berkeley Group Holdings plc ('the Company')

In accordance with the Remuneration Policy for the Company's Executive
Directors, approved by shareholders at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the
Company held on 24 February 2004, and following the payment of annual
performance related bonuses for the year ended 30 April 2005, on 29 June 2005,
Messrs. A W Pidgley, R C Perrins and A Carey acquired the following Units
(comprising one ordinary share, one 2006 B share, one 2008 B share and one 2010
B share) ('Units') in the Company at a market price of 899.689p per Unit:

+------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------+
|Name                    |             Number of Units|           Percentage of|
|                        |                  Acquired  |            issued share|
|                        |                            |               capital  |
+------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------+
|A W Pidgley             |                    49,183  |                 0.041% |
+------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------+
|R C G Perrins           |                    21,312  |                 0.018% |
+------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------+
|A Carey                 |                     9,508  |                 0.008% |
+------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------+

The beneficial holdings of Messrs. A W Pidgley, R C Perrins and A Carey in the
Issued Capital of the Company following this notification are as follows:

+------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------+
|Name                    |             Number of Units|           Percentage of|
|                        |                            |            issued share|
|                        |                            |               capital  |
+------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------+
|A W Pidgley             |                 2,135,079  |                 1.767% |
+------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------+
|R C G Perrins           |                    71,568  |                 0.059% |
+------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------+
|A Carey                 |                   233,736  |                 0.193% |
+------------------------+----------------------------+------------------------+


For further information please contact:

Tim Robertson / Sofia Rehman    Cardew Group    Tel: [phone]



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