Holding(s) in Company

Bovis Homes Group PLC
01 May 2008

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|TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares                              |
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|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying      |Bovis Homes Group Plc           |
|issuer of existing shares to which voting rights |                                |
|are attached:                                    |                                |
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|2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                               |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                            |Yes       |
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|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in|          |
|the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are    |          |
|attached                                                               |          |
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|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                       |          |
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|Other (please specify):                                                |          |
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|3. Full name of person(s)       |Lloyds TSB Group Plc                             |
|subject to notification         |                                                 |
|obligation:                     |                                                 |
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|4. Full name of shareholder(s)  |Perry Nominees Ltd                               |
|(if different from 3):          |Boltro Nominees Ltd                              |
|                                |Lloyds Bank (PEP) Nominees Ltd                   |
|                                |State Street Nominees Ltd                        |
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|5. Date of transaction (and date|30th April 2008                                  |
|on which the threshold is       |                                                 |
|crossed or reached if           |                                                 |
|different):                     |                                                 |
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|6. Date on which issuer         |1st May 2008                                     |
|notified:                       |                                                 |
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are     |Fallen Below 6%                                  |
|crossed or reached:             |                                                 |
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|8: Notified Details                                                           |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                           |
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|Class/  |Situation previous to the |Resulting situation after the triggering  |
|type of |triggering transaction    |transaction                               |
|shares  +----------+---------------+---------+----------------+---------------+
|If      |Number of |Number of      |Number of|Number of voting|Percentage of  |
|possible|shares    |voting rights  |shares   |rights          |voting rights  |
|use ISIN|          |               |         +------+---------+------+--------+
|code    |          |               |         |Direct|Indirect |Direct|Indirect|
+--------+----------+---------------+---------+------+---------+------+--------+
|0185929 |7,421,104 |7,421,104      |7,163,545|      |7,163,545|      |5.929   |
|Ord     |          |               |         |      |         |      |        |
|GBP0.50 |          |               |         |      |         |      |        |
+--------+----------+---------------+---------+------+---------+------+--------+

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|B: Financial Instruments                                                      |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          |
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|Type of    |Expiration|Exercise/   |No. of voting rights that may  |Percentage|
|financial  |date      |conversion  |be acquired (if the instrument |of voting |
|instrument |          |period/date |exercised/converted)           |rights    |
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|           |          |            |                               |          |
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|Total (A+B)                                                                   |
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|Number of voting rights            |Percentage of voting rights               |
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|7,163,545                          |5.929                                     |
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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or   |
|the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                |
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|5,097 Shares are held by Perry Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of     |
|Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc.       |
|                                                                              |
|11,212 Shares are held by Boltro Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of   |
|Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc.       |
|                                                                              |
|9,700 Shares are held by Lloyds Bank (Pep) Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned       |
|subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB    |
|Group Plc.                                                                    |
|                                                                              |
|7,137,536 Shares are held by State Street Nominees Ltd. Shares are under the  |
|control of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned         |
|subsidiary of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Group Ltd, a wholly owned|
|subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds  |
|TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc.              |
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|Proxy Voting:                                                                 |
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|10. Name of proxy holder:                                                   | |
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|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:                | |
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|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:            | |
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|13. Additional information:               |                                   |
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|14 Contact name:                          |Central Disclosure Unit            |
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|15. Contact telephone name:               |[phone]                |
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