Transaction in Own Shares

The Berkeley Group Holdings plc ('the Company')

Transaction in own shares

The Company announces that, on 2 July 2010, it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 5 pence each. The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Date of purchase: 2 July 2010

Number of ordinary shares purchased: 106,944

Highest price paid per share: 770.00 pence

Lowest price paid per share: 770.00 pence

Volume weighted average price paid per share: 770.00 pence

Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 1,360,051 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 133,497,132 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

2 July 2010

R J Stearn

Company Secretary

01932 868555

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