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24 February 2017
The Berkeley Group Holdings plc (the "Company")
Transaction in own shares
The Company announces that on 23 February 2017 it purchased 29,540 of its ordinary shares of 5p each ("Shares") through UBS, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 6 September 2016.
Date of transaction: 23 February 2017
Number of Shares purchased: 29,540
Highest price paid per Share: 2890p
Lowest price paid per Share: 2881p
Volume weighted average price paid per Share: 2886.0795p
Broker: UBS
The Company intends to hold the purchased Shares in Treasury.
Following the purchase of these Shares, the Company holds 1,663,740 of its Shares in Treasury and has 138,493,443 Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares). This is the figure which should be used by shareholders as the denominator when determining whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of LR 12.4.6.
Gemma Parsons
Company Secretary
The Berkeley Group Holdings plc
Tel: 01932 868555