Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:4839R
Bovis Homes Group PLC
02 April 2008



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|TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares                              |
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|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer |Bovis Homes Group Plc        |
|of existing shares to which voting rights are      |                             |
|attached:                                          |                             |
+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
|2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                              |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                           |Yes       |
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|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result  |          |
|in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are|          |
|attached                                                              |          |
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|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                      |          |
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|Other (please specify):                                               |          |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+----------+
|3. Full name of person(s) subject to|FMR LLC                                     |
|notification obligation:            |                                            |
+------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if  |Brown Brothers Harriman and Co              |
|different from 3):                  |JPMorgan Chase Bank                         |
|                                    |State Street and Trust Co                   |
+------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|5. Date of transaction (and date on |31 March 2008                               |
|which the threshold is crossed or   |                                            |
|reached if different):              |                                            |
+------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|6. Date on which issuer notified:   |2 April 2008                                |
+------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed |5%                                          |
|or reached:                         |                                            |
+------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|8: Notified Details                                                              |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                              |
+---------------+-------------------+---------------------------------------------+
|Class/type of  |Situation previous |Resulting situation after the triggering     |
|shares         |to the triggering  |transaction                                  |
|If possible use|transaction        |                                             |
|ISIN code      +---------+---------+--------+-----------------+------------------+
|               |Number of|Number of|Number  |Number of voting |Percentage of     |
|               |shares   |voting   |of      |rights           |voting rights     |
|               |         |rights   |shares  |                 |                  |
|               |         |         |        +-------+---------+---------+--------+
|               |         |         |        |Direct |Indirect |Direct   |Indirect|
+---------------+---------+---------+--------+-------+---------+--------++--------+
|ISIN:          |5,511,200|5,511,200|        |       |6,061,200|        |5.01%    |
|GB0001859296   |         |         |        |       |         |        |         |
+---------------+---------+---------++-------+------++---------+-------+++--------+
+---------------+---------+---------++-------+------++---------+-------+++--------+



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|B: Financial Instruments                                                          |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                              |
+---------------+--------------+---------------+-------------------+---------------+
|Type of        |Expiration    |Exercise/      |No. of voting      |Percentage of  |
|financial      |date          |conversion     |rights that may be |voting rights  |
|instrument     |              |period/date    |acquired (if the   |               |
|               |              |               |instrument         |               |
|               |              |               |exercised/         |               |
|               |              |               |converted)         |               |
+---------------+--------------+---------------+-------------------+---------------+
|                                                                                  |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Total (A+B)                                                                       |
+----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights                 |Percentage of voting rights              |
+----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|6,061,200                               |5.01%                                    |
+----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the   |
|financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                        |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 23,300                                             |
|JPMorgan Chase Bank 6,016,800                                                     |
|State Street and Trust Co 21,100                                                  |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Proxy Voting:                                                                     |
+----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|10. Name of proxy holder:               |FMR LLC                                  |
+----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder|550,000 shares                           |
|will cease to hold:                     |                                         |
+----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|12. Date on which proxy holder will     |31 March 2008                            |
|cease to hold voting rights:            |                                         |
+---------------+--------------+---------+-----+-------------------+---------------+
+---------------+--------------+---------+-----+-------------------+---------------+




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