Holding(s) in Company

BowLeven Plc
28 December 2006


NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - U.K. COMPANIES ACT

1.   Company in which shares are held:    BOWLEVEN PLC 

2.   Notifiable interest:       Ordinary Shares           

     A)   FMR Corp.
          82 Devonshire Street
          Boston, MA 02109

Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO),
investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity Management Trust Company
(FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment manager
of various pension and trust accounts. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered
Shareholders and their holdings).

     B)   Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
          P.O. Box HM 670
          Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda
          
Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including
Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST), Fidelity
Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIA(K)L), Fidelity Investments Management
(Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity
Investments Japan (FIJ) and Fidelity Investments International (FII), investment
managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients.

3.   The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:

     Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d
     82 Devonshire Street
     Boston, MA 02109

     A principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited.

4.   The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorised unit
     trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting
     pursuant to Section 209 (1) (h) of the Companies Act 1985.

5.   These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate 
     notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the 
     purposes of clarity and efficiency.  Nothing herein should be taken to 
     indicate that FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity 
     International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr. 
     Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the 
     disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these 
     notifications on a joint basis.

6.   The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4) (b) of the Act, 
     namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to 
     exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the 
     exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.



Schedule A


Security:                         BOWLEVEN PLC


Current ownership                 3.77%
percentage:                 

Total Shares Held                 2,279,816

Shares in issue:                  60,408,563



                     SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED
                                    COMPANY     NAME

                          583,100    FPM        JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
                          230,100    FPM        NORTHERN TRUST LONDON
                          142,400    FPM        HSBC BANK PLC
                           60,800    FPM        STATE STR BK AND TR CO LDNN (S
                           33,836    FPM        CITIBANK LONDON
                           12,600    FPM        MELLON BANK
                           11,200    FPM        BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS
                          511,060    FMRCO      MELLON BANK N.A.
                          374,900    FISL       JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
                          165,200    FIL        JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
                          106,220    FIL        BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX
                           48,400    FIJ        BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO






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