Holding(s) in Company

    RNS Number : 1171W
  Bovis Homes Group PLC
  05 June 2008
   


 TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares


 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)
                                                                             Yes
 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
                                                                             No
 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in
 the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are
 attached 
                                                                             No
 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
                                                                             No
 Other (please specify):______________
                                 Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
 3. Full name of person(s)
 subject to notification
 obligation:
                                 See additional information under13.
 4. Full name of shareholder(s)
 (if different from 3):
                                 04/06/08
 5. Date of transaction (and
 date on which the threshold is
 crossed or reached if
 different):
                                 05/06/08
 6. Date on which issuer
 notified:
                                 Below 5%
 7. Threshold(s) that is/are
 crossed or reached:

 8: Notified Details
 A: Voting rights attached to shares

 Class/type of shares  Situation previous to the triggering        Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
 If possible use ISIN  transaction
 code
                       Number of shares      Number of voting      Number of shares  Number of voting       Percentage of voting
                                             rights                                  rights                 rights

                                                                                     Direct  Indirect       Direct        Indirect
 GB0001859296  6,465,589  6,465,589  5,916,375  104,000  5,812,375  0.086  4.810          


 B: Financial Instruments

 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 Type of financial instrument    Expiration date       Exercise/ conversion period/date            No. of voting rights  Percentage of
voting
                                                                                                   that may be acquired  rights
                                                                                                   (if the instrument
                                                                                                   exercised/converted)


 Total (A+B)

 Number of voting rights                                                     Percentage of voting rights
 5,916,375                                                                   4.896%
 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
 Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which controls the voting
rights
 of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

 Proxy Voting:

 10. Name of 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


 Littledown Nominees Ltd   A/c 03449    240,000
 Littledown Nominees Ltd   A/c 02891  3,248,975
 Littledown Nominees Ltd   A/c 05577     90,000
 Littledown Nominees Ltd   A/c 05576  1,250,000
 Littledown Nominees Ltd   A/c 07197    104,000
 Littledown Nominees Ltd   A/c 10479      4,000
 Littledown Nominees Ltd   A/c 07203     70,900
 Littledown Nominees Ltd   A/c 21667     24,500
 Littledown Nominees Ltd   A/c 34789     83,000
 Littledown Nominees Ltd   A/c 10495    600,000
 Littledown Nominees Ltd   A/c 10490    201,000

      14 Contact name:

        Company Secretary, Threadneedle group
      15. Contact telephone name:

        0207 464 5000

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