Holding(s) in Company

Bovis Homes Group PLC
10 January 2008


Form TR-1 with annex. FSA Version 2.1 updated April 2007
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|For filings with the FSA include the     |                                       |
|annex                                    |                                       |
|For filings with issuer exclude the annex|                                       |
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|TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares                                 |
+------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying     |BOVIS HOMES GROUP PLC           |
|issuer of existing shares to which voting rights|                                |
|are attached:                                   |                                |
+------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                              |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                          |YES        |
|                                                                     |Acquisition|
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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) subject to    |AVI Value Fund 624,079                  |
|notification obligation:                |British Empire 1,891,067                |
|                                        |Carnegie 132,720                        |
|                                        |CF AVI Global Fund 209,858              |
|                                        |Columbia (non voting) 171,418           |
|                                        |LNS01 94,958                            |
|                                        |Rockefeller 149,516                     |
|                                        |Yale University 464,487                 |
|                                        |European Asset Value Fund 257,551       |
|                                        |Princeton University 85,129             |
|                                        |Robertson Foundation 5,088              |
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|4. Full name of shareholder(s)          |BoNY Nominees                           |
|(Registered Holders)                    |Chase Nominees                          |
|                                        |StateStreet Nominees                    |
|                                        |BoNY Nominees                           |
|                                        |Mellon Nominees                         |
|                                        |Pictet Nominees                         |
|                                        |Chase Nominees                          |
|                                        |NorTrust Nominees                       |
|                                        |Pictet Nominees                         |
|                                        |Mellon Nominees                         |
|                                        |Mellon Nominees                         |
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|5. Date of transaction (and date on     |09 January 2008                         |
|which the threshold is crossed or       |                                        |
|reached if different):                  |                                        |
+----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+
|6. Date on which issuer notified:       |10 January 2008                         |
+----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+
|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or  |3%                                      |
|reached:                                |                                        |
+----------------------------------------++------+--------------------+-----------+
+----------------------------------------++------+--------------------+-----------+

+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|8: Notified Details                                                               |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                               |
+-------------+------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
|Class/type of|Situation previous|Resulting situation after the triggering         |
|shares       |to the triggering |transaction                                      |
|If possible  |transaction       |                                                 |
|use ISIN code+--------+---------+---------+-------------------+-------------------+
|             |Number  |Number of|Number of|Number of voting   |Percentage of      |
|             |of      |voting   |shares   |rights             |voting rights      |
|             |shares  |rights   |         |                   |                   |
|             |        |         |         +---------+---------+---------+---------+
|             |        |         |         |Direct   |Indirect |Direct   |Indirect |
+-------------+--------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
|GB0001859296 3,467,401 3,467,401 4,085,871 4,085,871 0         3.38%         0%   |
|Ordinary Shares                                                                   |
+-------------+--------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
+-------------+--------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+



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|B: Financial Instruments                                                      |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          |
+-----------+----------+------------+-------------------------------+----------+
|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    |
+-----------+----------+------------+-------------------------------+----------+
|N / A      |          |            |                               |          |
+-----------+----------+------------+-------------------------------+----------+

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|Total (A+B)                                                                   |
+-----------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights            |Percentage of voting rights               |
+-----------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
|4,085,871                          |3.38%                                     |
+-----------------------------------+------------------------------------------+

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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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|Bank of New York Nominees acts as custodian for the AVI Value Fund LLC        |
|JPMorgan Chase Nominees acts as custodian for British Empire Securities       |
|State Street Nominees acts as custodian for Carnegie Corporation              |
|Bank of New York Nominees acts as custodian for the CF AVI Global Fund        |
|Mellon Nominees acts as custodian for The Trustees of Columbia University     |
|(non-voting)                                                                  |
|Pictet Nominees acts as custodian for LNS01                                   |
|JPMorgan Chase Nominees acts as custodian for The Rockefeller University      |
|Northern Trust Nominees acts as custodian for Yale University                 |
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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     |Asset Value Investors acts as discretionary manager for   |
|information:       |all funds mentioned in 3.                                 |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
|14 Contact name:   |Asset Value Investors Limited                             |
|                   |Daniel Sadler                                             |
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|15. Contact        |0207 647 2919                                             |
|telephone name:    |                                                          |
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For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.



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