22 Jul 2009 09:34

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES |
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | Berkeley Group Holdings plc |
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | X | |
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached |  | |
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | Â | |
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | Â | |
Other (please specify): |
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: |  Lloyds Banking Group plc |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): |  See Section 9 |
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: | 20 July 2009 |
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 21 July 2009 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | Direct/Indirect decrease to below 11% |
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8. Notified details: | |||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares | |||||||
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE | Situation previous to the triggering transaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||
Number of Shares | Number of Voting Rights | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | % of voting rights | |||
Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||
Ord 5p shares | 14,875,305 | 14,875,305 | 369,583 | 369,583 | 13,567,515 | 0.282% | 10.368% |
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion Period | Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. | % of voting rights |
N/A | Â | Â | Â | Â |
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||
Type of financial instrument | Exercise price | Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion period | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights | |
 |  |  |  |  | Nominal | Delta |
 |  |
Total (A+B+C) | |
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
13,937,098 | 10.650% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
12,607,054Â Shares (9.634%) are held by State Street Nominees Ltd. Shares are under the control of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc (Indirect Interests). |
Proxy Voting: | |
10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: | N/A |
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: | N/A |
13. Additional information: | Notification using the total voting rights figure of 130,859,429 |
14. Contact name: | Richard Stearn / Catherine Maitland, Tim Robertson (Cardew Group) |
15. Contact telephone number: | 01932 868555 / 0207 930 0777 |