Holding(s) in Company

    RNS Number : 9511Y
  Bovis Homes Group PLC
  14 July 2008
   

 TR-1:   notification 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 the notification   (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                   *
 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in        
 the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are
 attached
 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
 Other (please specify):
 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                     Schroders plc
 notification obligation:
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from
 3.):
 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the             10 July 2008
 threshold is crossed or reached if different):
 6. Date on which issuer notified:                             11 July 2008
 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                   13%
 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 using     transaction 
 the ISIN CODE)
                          Number of Shares      Number of Voting    Number of shares     Number of voting       % of voting
                                                    Rights                                   rights                rights
                                                                         Direct       Direct     Indirect     Direct  Indirect
 GB0001859296           15,883,815            13,965,520            18,662,957        N/A       16,508,533    NA       13.61% 

 B: Financial Instruments
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 Type of financial instrument  Expiration date   Exercise/ Conversion    Number of voting    % of voting rights
                                                    Period/ Date        rights that may be
                                                                         acquired if the
                                                                          instrument is
                                                                            exercised/
                                                                            converted.
             N/A               N/A                       N/A           N/A                   N/A

 Total (A+B)
 Number of voting rights  % of voting rights
 16,508,533               13.61%



      
 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or
 the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable :
 Schroder Investment Management Limited 16,322,692 13.46%
 Schroder Investment Management North America Limited 70,000 0.06%
 Schroder & Co Limited 104,965 0.08%
 Schroders (CI) Limited 10,876 0.01%


 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:     These shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary
basis for clients under
                                 investment management agreements


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