Holding(s) in Company

Bovis Homes Group PLC
20 February 2003

Bovis Homes Group PLC ('the Company')

DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN VOTING SHARES

The Company received notification today from Threadneedle Asset Management
Limited that, Zurich Financial Services and its Group, have a notifiable
interest in 3.99% of the total issued share capital of the Company.

The shares are registered as follows:
Registered Owner                                            Ordinary 50p Shares

Littledown Nominees Ltd a/c 21667                               230,792
Littledown Nominees Ltd a/c 07203                               381,386
Littledown Nominees Ltd a/c 07197                               637,822
Littledown Nominees Ltd a/c 05576                               3,215,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd a/c 05577                               202,000

TOTAL                                                           4,667,000



Notes

Littledown Nominees Ltd is a nominee for the ZFS Group subsidiaries: Allied
Dunbar Assurance plc; Eagle Star Insurance Company Ltd; Eagle Star Life
Assurance Company Ltd; Zurich Financial Services UK Pension Trustee; Eagle Star
Executives Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle Star Securities Ltd; Sceptre Trust Ltd;
Home & Overseas Insurance Company Ltd; Threadneedle Pensions Ltd; and J.P.
Morgan Trustee and Depositary Company Ltd, the Trustee for Eagle Star Unit
Managers Ltd and the Depository to Threadneedle Investment Funds ICVC. It is
also a nominee for various companies not within the ZFS Group.

ZFS is Zurich Financial Services, a company incorporated in Switzerland.

This notification is made on behalf of:

Allied Dunbar Assurance plc;

Eagle Star Life Assurance Company Ltd and Eagle Star Holdings Ltd;

Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle Pensions Ltd and Threadneedle
Asset Management Holdings Ltd;

Allied Zurich Holdings Ltd, Zurich Financial Services (UKISA) Ltd, Zurich Group
Holding, Zurich Insurance Company and Allied Zurich plc, the intermediate
holding companies of the aforementioned companies, and Zurich Financial
Services, their ultimate holding company.

The shares could be available for lending and this could lead to a short term
re-registration.




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