Holding(s) in Company

BowLeven Plc
21 December 2006




LETTER TO:  BOWLEVEN PLC
DATED:      19th December 2006


Section 198 Companies Act 1985

Pursuant to Section 198 of the Companies Act 1985 we write to inform you that as 
at the close of its business on 18th December 2006, UBS AG, acting through its 
business group and legal entities detailed below, had an interest in 1,248,030 
Ordinary shares of Bowleven PLC (ISIN- GB00B04PYL99), representing 3.67 per cent 
of the issued share capital of the Company (34,044,925).
 
None of the Relevant Shares are shares in which UBS AG is interested by virtue 
of Section 208(5) of The Act. 




UBS business group/legal entity                      Break down position held(%)

UBS AG London Branch                                 1,248,030 shares      3.67%
UBS AG - Total                                       1,248,030 shares      3.67%



LETTER FROM:    UBS AG 
                Paul Geradine                 Angela Huff 
                Director                      Associate Director 
                Compliance                    Compliance 





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