LONDON (Dow Jones)--Berkeley Group Holdings PLC (BKG.LN) said Thursday it has purchased 500,000 of its ordinary shares and intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. MAIN FACTS: -Volume weighted average price paid per share: 765.64 pence. -Shares closed Thursday at 769.5 pence. -By Tommy Stubbington, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9268; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires July 01, 2010 13:13 ET (17:13 GMT)