Director Shareholding

Bovis Homes Group PLC
16 December 2004


Bovis Homes Group PLC (the 'Company')

BOVIS HOMES GROUP SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN

The Company was today informed that the following Directors purchased
Ordinary shares of 50p each in the Company under the Bovis Homes Group Share
Incentive Plan today, 15 December 2004, at a price of 562 pence per share:-


Name of Director          Shares Purchased             Resultant Holding

   M R Harris                   22                           268,682
   D J Ritchie                  22                           18,298


The shares purchased will be registered under the name TD Waterhouse Nominees
Limited a/c SMKTNOMS.


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