Director Shareholding

Bovis Homes Group PLC
9 April 2001

Bovis Homes Group PLC (the 'Company')

GRANT OF AWARDS TO DIRECTORS UNDER LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

The Company has been informed that the following Directors of Bovis Homes
Group PLC had been granted awards by the Trustee of the Bovis Homes Group
Employers Trust under the terms of the Bovis Homes Group Long Term Incentive
Plan as follows:-
Director                          Number of Shares
P.D. Baker                        18,760
M.R. Harris                       43,776
B.M. Johnson                      19,542
M. Sharpe                         21,888
R.N. Walford                      24,232