Holding(s) in Company

    RNS Number : 8448Z
  Bovis Homes Group PLC
  24 July 2008
   

 TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of   BOVIS HOMES GROUP PLC
 existing shares to which voting rights are attached:


 2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
                                                                    YES Disposal
 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             * AVI Value Fund 771,387
 notification obligation:                         * British Empire 2,496,746
                                                  * Carnegie 176,610
                                                  * CF AVI Global Fund 375,569
                                                  * Columbia (non voting)
                                                  228,968
                                                  * LNS01 95,817
                                                  * Rockefeller 164,624
                                                  * Yale University 527,752

 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different           * StateStreet Nominees
 from 3):                                                     * Chase Nominees
                                                        * StateStreet Nominees
                                                               * BoNY Nominees
                                                             * Mellon Nominees
                                                             * Pictet Nominees
                                                              * Chase Nominees
                                                           * NorTrust Nominees

                                                  23 July 2008
 5. Date of transaction (and date on which the
 threshold is crossed or reached if different):
                                                  24 July 2008
 6. Date on which issuer notified:
                                                  4%
 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 rights     Percentage of voting
                                             rights                                                              rights

                                                                                     Direct       Indirect       Direct        Indirect
 GB0001859296          5,561,073             5,297,147             4,837,473         4,608,505    0%             3.80%         0%
 Ordinary Shares



 B: Financial Instruments

 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

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



 Total (A+B)

 Number of voting rights  Percentage of voting rights
 4,608,505                3.80%



 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or
 the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
 State Street Nominees acts as custodian for the AVI Value Fund LLC
 JPMorgan Chase Nominees acts as custodian for British Empire Securities
 State Street Nominees acts as custodian for the Carnegie Corporation
 Bank of New York Nominees acts as custodian for the CF AVI Global Fund
 Mellon Nominees acts as custodian for The Trustees of Columbia University
 (non-voting)
 Pictet Nominees acts as custodian for LNS01
 JPMorgan Chase Nominees acts as custodian for The Rockefeller University
 Northern Trust Nominees acts as custodian for Yale University

 Proxy Voting:

 10. Name of proxy holder:                                         
                                                                   
 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:      
                                                                   
 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:  
                                                                   

 13. Additional information:  Asset Value Investors acts as discretionary
                              manager for all funds mentioned in 3. 
 14 Contact name:             Asset Value Investors Limited
                              Daniel Sadler
 15. Contact telephone name:  0207 647 2919



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