Holding(s) in Company

Bovis Homes Group PLC
21 May 2003


Bovis Homes Group Plc ('the Company')

NOTIFICATION OF SHAREHOLDING

The Company was informed on 20 May 2003 that Schroder Investment Management
Limited ('Schroders'), have an interest in 14,228,689 shares which are held in
portfolios managed by Schroders on a discretionary basis for clients under
investment management agreements.

Included in this figure are :-

i) 2,324,698 shares registered or to be registered in the name of Schroders'
wholly-owned subsidiary nominee company, Schroder Nominees Limited ('Schroder
Nominees'),

ii) 4,293,395 shares held in (a) unit trust(s) operated and managed by an
affiliated company, Schroder Unit Trusts Limited ('SUTL'), and registered or to
be registered in the name of Chase Nominees Limited, and

iii) 7,610,596 shares held in portfolios where the shares are not registered or
to be registered in the name of Schroder Nominees. The registration details are
shown on the enclosed schedule.

An affiliated company, Schroder Investment Management North America Inc ('SIMNA
Inc'), is managing a portfolio on a similar basis holding a further 1,000,000
shares. These shares are registered or to be registered in the name of Chase
Nominees Limited.

Therefore, Schroder Investment Management Limited, its subsidiary and affiliated
companies are interested in an overall aggregate of 15,228,689 shares,
representing some 13.025% of the total number of shares in issue, namely
116,918,053 shares.

This notification is made:-

a) in respect of Schroders' interest as investment managers,

b) on behalf of SIMNA Inc and SUTL in relation to the interests they are treated
as having respectively under the Companies Act 1985 (the Act), and

c) on behalf of Schroders plc, the holding company, which is treated as having
an interest in all of the above shares under the Act by virtue of its ownership
of SIMNA Inc, SUTL and Schroder Investment Management Limited.



The shares are registered as follows:-
Registration                                                                                 Amount
Bank of New York                                                                             240,000
British Coal Staff Superannuation a/c P                                                      606,362
Bermuda Trust (Far East) Limited                                                             4,450
Chase Nominees Limited                                                                       1,760,000
Chase Manhattan Bank                                                                         241,557
Chase Nominees Limited a/c 03886                                                             470,000
HSBC International a/c 10096301                                                              95,500
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 771401                                              48,000
Imperial Pensions Nominees Limited                                                           250,000
Mellon Trust                                                                                 296,000
Mineworkers' Pension Scheme                                                                  550,238
MSS Nominees Limited a/c 809797                                                              281,782
MSS Nominees Limited a/c 823666                                                              351,000
MSS Nominees Limited a/c 823654                                                              774,440
MSS Nominees Limited a/c 823812                                                              133,780
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                                                    1,131,687
RBSTB Nominees Limited a/c LAUR                                                              22,000
State Street Nominees Ltd                                                                    85,000
State Street Nominees Ltd a/c 5H57                                                           268,800
                                                                                             7,610,596


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