Rule 2.10 Announcement

BowLeven Plc
19 December 2006


Not for release, publication or distribution, in whole or in part, in or into 
or from the United States, Canada, Australia, the Republic of Ireland or Japan

BowLeven plc ('BowLeven')

Disclosure in accordance with Rule 2.10 of the City Code

In accordance with Rule 2.10 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers, 
BowLeven confirms that, as at the time of this announcement it had 60,408,562 
ordinary shares of 10p each in issue.  The ISIN code for these securities is 
GB00B04PYL99.

This increase in issued share capital follows the admission to listing today of
20,863,637 new BowLeven shares pursuant to the Placing and 5,500,000 new
BowLeven shares pursuant to the Private Placement, which were announced on 23
November 2006.



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