Holding(s) in Company

Bovis Homes Group PLC
12 February 2008


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|TR-1(i): notification of major interests in shares                            |
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|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying     |Bovis Homes Group PLC           |
|issuer of existing shares to which voting rights|                                |
|are attached(ii):                               |                                |
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|2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)        |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                             |Yes     |
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|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in |No      |
|the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are     |        |
|attached                                                                |        |
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|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                        |No      |
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|Other (please specify):                                                 |No      |
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|3. Full name of person(s) subject to the        |Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and  |
|notification obligation(iii):                   |its group                       |
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|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different    |See additional information under|
|from 3.)(iv):                                   |13                              |
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|5. Date of the transaction (and date on which   |8 February 2008                 |
|the threshold is crossed or reached if          |                                |
|different)(v):                                  |                                |
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|6. Date on which issuer notified:               |11 February 2008                |
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: |Above 5%                        |
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|8. Notified details:                                                             |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                           |
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|Class/type  |Situation previous to|Resulting situation after the triggering   |
|of shares   |the Triggering       |transaction(vii)                           |
|(if possible|transaction (vi)     |                                           |
|using the   +------+--------------+---------+-----------------+---------------+
|ISIN CODE)  |Number|Number of     |Number of|Number of voting |% of voting    |
|            |of    |Voting Rights |shares   |rights ix        |rights         |
|            |Shares|viii          |         |                 |               |
|            |      |              +---------+-------+---------+------+--------+
|            |      |              |Direct   |Direct |Indirect |Direct|Indirect|
|            |      |              |         |x      |xi       |      |        |
+------------+------+--------------+---------+-------+---------+------+--------+
|GB0001859296|N/A   |N/A           |6,465,589|104,000|6,361,589|0.086 |5.265   |
+------------+------+--------------+---------+-------+---------+------+--------+

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

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|Total (A+B)                                                                   |
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|Number of voting rights                    |% of voting rights                |
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|6,465,589                                  |5.351%                            |
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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the|
|financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv:                 |
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|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.                                                    |
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|Proxy Voting:                                                                 |
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|10. Name of the proxy holder:                                             |N/A|
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|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:              |N/A|
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|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:          |N/A|
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|13. Additional          |Registered Owner                                     |
|information:            |Williams & Glyn (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd A/C 301780|
|                        |25,000                                               |
|                        |Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 3449 500,000             |
|                        |Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 02891 2,621,365          |
|                        |Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 05577 90,000             |
|                        |Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 05576 1,305,000          |
|                        |Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 07197 104,000            |
|                        |Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 35822 9,250              |
|                        |Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 11121 6,750              |
|                        |Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 10479 4,000              |
|                        |Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 07203 57,500             |
|                        |Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 21667 24,500             |
|                        |Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 34789 83,000             |
|                        |Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 10496 369,224            |
|                        |Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 10495 1,065,000          |
|                        |Littledown Nominees Ltd A/C 10490 201,000            |
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