7th Apr 2005 10:51
Saad Financial Services S.A.7 April 2005 FORM SAR 3 Date of disclosure 7TH APRIL 2005 DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 3 OF THE RULES GOVERNING SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF SHARES ("SARs") Date of acquisition 6TH APRIL 2005 Acquisition in THE BERKELEY GROUP HOLDINGS PLC (name of company) (1) Class of voting shares Number of shares/rights If rights over shares (eg ordinary shares) over shares acquired acquired, as opposed to the shares themselves, specify nature of rights UNITS COMPRISING ONE 1,150,000 shares ..................... NEW ORDINARY SHARE, ...N/A..........rights ONE 2006 B SHARE, ONE 2008 B SHARE AND ONE 2010 B SHARE PER UNIT (2) Resultant total holding Resultant total holding Total percentage of voting shares (and % of rights over shares of total voting shares (and % of total voting in issue) shares in issue) 20,600,000 SHARES( %) ...............( %) .............(17.05%) 17.05% (3) Party making disclosure SAAD FINANCIAL SERVICES S.A. RUE DE LAUSANNE 80, 1202 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (4) (a) Name of person acquiring shares or rights over shares SAAD INVESTMENTS COMPANY LIMITED and, if different, beneficial owner............................... (b) Names of any other persons acting by agreement or understanding (see SAR 5) MR MAAN AL-SANEA LOMBARD ATLANTIC BANK N.V. AWAL BANK B.S.C. Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above................... (Also print name of signatory) CHARISTOPHER C HART Telephone and extension number +41 22 715 03 03 Note 1. Under SAR 5, the holdings of and acquisitions by persons acting byagreement or understanding must be aggregated and treated as a holding of oracquisition by one person. Note 3 on SAR 5 requires persons who must aggregateholdings to disclose certain disposals. Note 2: The resultant total percentage holding of voting shares and rights overshares is to be calculated by reference to the percentage held and in issueoutside treasury. For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of theSARs. If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, MonitoringSection, Tel. No: 020 7638 0129. E-mail: [email protected] This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Berkeley Group