Transaction in Own Shares

The Berkeley Group Holdings plc ('the Company')

Transaction in own shares

The Company announces that, on 19 August 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: 19 August 2010

Number of ordinary shares purchased: 165,292

Highest price paid per share: 804.00 pence

Lowest price paid per share: 800.00 pence

Volume weighted average price paid per share: 801.79 pence

Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 2,973,061 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 131,884,122 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

19 August 2010

R J Stearn

Company Secretary

01932 868555

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