RNS Number : 6390Z
Berkeley Group Holdings (The) PLC
24 September 2009
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying Berkeley Group
issuer of existing shares to which voting rights Holdings plc
are attached:
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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
X
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to Lloyds Banking Group plc
the notification obligation:
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if See Section 9
different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on 22 September 2009
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:
6. Date on which issuer notified: 24 September 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or Direct/Indirect decrease to
reached: below 11%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares to the triggering
transaction
if possible using
the ISIN CODE
Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting
of of of shares rights rights
Shares Voting
Rights
Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
Ord 5p shares 14,660,227 14,660,227 392,572 392,572 14,349,650 0.291% 10.641%
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
instrument date Conversion rights that may be rights
Period acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/
converted.
N/A
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting rights
instrument price date Conversion rights instrument
period refers to
Nominal Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
14,742,222 10.932%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or
the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
13,329,622 Shares (9.884%) 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 134,857,183
14. Contact name: Richard Stearn / Catherine Maitland, Tim
Robertson (Cardew Group)
15. Contact telephone number: 01932 868555 / 0207 930 0777
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