Holding(s) in Company

Bovis Homes Group PLC
05 November 2002


Bovis Homes Group Plc ('the Company')

NOTIFICATION OF SHAREHOLDING


The Company was informed on 4 November 2002 that Schroder Investment Management
Limited ('Schroders'), have an interest in 12,785,117 shares which are held in
portfolios managed by Schroders on a discretionary basis for clients under
investment management agreements.

Included in this figure are :-

i) 1,619,627 shares registered or to be registered in the name of Schroders'
wholly-owned subsidiary nominee company, Schroder Nominees Limited ('Schroder
Nominees'),

ii) 3,934,358 shares held in (a) unit trust(s) operated and managed by an
affiliated company, Schroder Unit Trusts Limited ('SUTL'), and registered or to
be registered in the name of Chase Nominees Limited, and

iii) 7,231,132 shares held in portfolios where the shares are not registered or
to be registered in the name of Schroder Nominees. The registration details are
shown on the enclosed schedule.

An affiliated company, Schroder Investment Management North America Inc ('SIMNA
Inc'), is managing a portfolio on a similar basis holding a further 1,125,000
shares. These shares are registered or to be registered in the name of Chase
Nominees Limited.

Therefore, Schroder Investment Management Limited, its subsidiary and affiliated
companies are interested in an overall aggregate of 13,910,117 shares,
representing some 11.918% of the total number of shares in issue, namely
116,717,585 shares.

This notification is made:-

a) in respect of Schroders' interest as investment managers and also by virtue
of the fact that they are the parent company of SUTL,

b) on behalf of SIMNA Inc and SUTL in relation to the interests they are treated
as having respectively under the Companies Act 1985 (the Act), and

c) on behalf of Schroders plc, the holding company, which is treated as having
an interest in all of the above shares under the Act by virtue of its ownership
of SIMNA Inc, SUTL and Schroder Investment Management Limited.


The shares are registered as follows:-

Registration                                                     Amount

Bank of New York                                                 240,000

British Coal Staff Superannuation a/c P                          954,762

Chase Nominees Limited                                           1,765,000

Chase Manhattan Bank                                             203,000

Chase Nominees Limited a/c 03886                                 500,000

HSBC International a/c 10096301                                  95,500

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 771401                  37,000

Mellon Trust                                                     296,000

Mineworkers' Pension Scheme                                      495,238

MSS Nominees Limited a/c 823812                                  133,780

MSS Nominees Limited a/c 823666                                  351,000

MSS Nominees Limited a/c 823654                                  774,440

MSS Nominees Limited a/c 809797                                  268,825

Nortrust Nominees Limited                                        599,587

RBSTB Nominees Limited                                           10,000

RBSTB Nominees Limited a/c LAUR                                  22,000

State Street Nominees Ltd                                        85,000

State Street Nominees Ltd a/c 5H57                               400,000

                                                                 7,231,132


                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange