Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1171W

Bovis Homes Group PLC

05 June 2008

 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		Bovis Homes Group Plc
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached			No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			No
Other (please specify):______________			No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See additional information under13.
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	04/06/08
6. Date on which issuer notified:	05/06/08
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Below 5%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0001859296 6,465,589 6,465,589 5,916,375 104,000 5,812,375 0.086 4.810

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date		No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights			Percentage of voting rights
5,916,375			4.896%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:	Registered Owner   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 03449 240,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd  A/c 02891 3,248,975 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 05577 90,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 05576 1,250,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07197 104,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10479 4,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07203 70,900 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 21667 24,500 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 34789 83,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10495 600,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10490 201,000
14 Contact name:	Company Secretary, Threadneedle group
15. Contact telephone name:	0207 464 5000

 

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