17 Apr 2009 16:28
The Berkeley Group Holdings plc
Director/PDMR Shareholding
The Berkeley Group Holdings plc (the "Company") makes this notification in relation to transactions notified in accordance with DR 3.1.4R (1)(a).
The Company was notified on 16 April 2009 that, under The Berkeley Group Holdings plc 2004(b) Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "2004(b) LTIP"), 3,997,757 Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in the Company were issued to participants of the 2004(b) LTIP on 28 October 2009, at nil consideration in accordance with the Rules of the 2004(b) LTIP. At the same time the Company was notified that, immediately following the vesting, the participants sold sufficient shares to enable them to meet the PAYE and NIC obligations arising from the vesting of these 2004(b) LTIP shares. The transactions are summarised in the tables below:
1) Vesting of 2004(b) LTIP
| Name of Director | Number of Shares vested | Percentage of Issued Share Capital | Total Holding following Notification | Percentage of Issued Share Capital held following Notification |
| A W Pidgley | a) 2,132,137 | a) 1.629% | a) 4,880,606 (Beneficial) b) 19,183 (Non-Beneficial) c) 754,488 (Mrs S J Pidgley) | a) 3.730% b) 0.015% c) 0.577% |
| R C Perrins | a) 799,551 | a) 0.611% | a) 1,142,692 (Beneficial) b) 250,000 (Mrs V W Perrins) | a) 0.873% b) 0.191% |
| A Carey | 666,293 | 0.509% | 1,522,951 | 1.164% |
| G J Fry | 399,776 | 0.306% | 855,344 | 0.654% |
2) Sale of Shares to meet consequential PAYE and NIC obligations
| Name of Director | Number of Shares sold | Percentage of Issued Share Capital | Total Holding following Notification | Percentage of Issued Share Capital held following Notification |
| A W Pidgley | a) 884,176 | a) 0.676% | a) 3,996,430 (Beneficial) b) 19,183 (Non-Beneficial) c) 754,488 (Mrs S J Pidgley) | a) 3.054% b) 0.015% c) 0.577% |
| R C Perrins | a) 337,816 | a) 0. 258% | a) 804,876 (Beneficial) b) 250,000 (Mrs V W Perrins) | a) 0.615% b) 0.191% |
| A Carey | 283,180 | 0.216% | 1,239,771 | 0.947% |
| G J Fry | 173,908 | 0.133% | 681,436 | 0.521% |
Berkeley Group (BKG)