Notifiable Interest

BowLeven Plc
17 November 2005


17 November 2005

                           BowLeven Plc ('the Company')

                              Notifiable Interest

The Company announces that:
          
     •    it received notification on 31 October 2005 that on 27 October 2005 
          Credit Suisse First Boston Nominees Limited A/C D6M5PB had an interest 
          in 1,445,000 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company, as custodian 
          only, representing 4.88% of the issued share capital of the Company. 
          Credit Suisse First Boston Nominees Limited A/C D6M5PB is a member of           
          the Credit Suisse First Boston group of companies.

The Company also announces that:
          
     •    it received notification on 9 November 2005 that on 7 November 2005 
          Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) Limited ('CSFBEL') had an interest 
          in 896,000 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company, representing 
          3.03% of the issued share capital of the Company. CSFBEL had an 
          interest in 714,000 of these shares by virtue of the right to 
          redelivery of equivalent securities under stock lending arrangements;

     •    it received notification on 14 November 2005 that on 10 November 2005
          CSFBEL no longer had a notifiable interest in the issued share capital 
          of the Company. CSFBEL is a member of the investment banking business 
          of Credit Suisse.

On 26 October 2005, the Company disclosed that CSFBEL no longer had a notifiable
interest in the Company.


For further information contact:

Philip Rhind, Chief Executive, BowLeven Plc                0131 260 5100
Adam Westcott, Noble & Company Limited                     0131 225 9677
Neil Bennett, Maitland                                     020 7379 5151



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