Notifiable Interest

BowLeven Plc
19 April 2006


19 April 2006


                          BowLeven Plc ('the Company')

                              Notifiable Interest



The Company announces that it received notification on 18 April 2006 that on 12
April 2006 Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited ('CSSEL') had a notifiable 
interest in 1,797,000 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company, representing 
6.07% of the issued share capital of the Company.


This represents the entire holding of CSSEL in the issued share capital of the
Company.


On 31 March 2006 the Company announced that CSSEL had a notifiable interest in
1,622,000 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company, representing 5.48% of the 
issued share capital of the Company.


For further information contact:


Peter Wilson, BowLeven Plc                             0131 260 5100


Adam Westcott, Noble & Company Limited                 020 7763 2200


Liz Morley, Maitland                                   020 7379 5151



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