Holding(s) in Company

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

X

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:

AVI Value Fund 1,009,836

British Empire 3,293,801

Carnegie 235,680

CF AVI Global Fund 473,239

Columbia (non voting) 302,575

LNS01 127,733

Rockefeller 218,513

Yale University 699,696

European Asset Value Fund 274,078

Princeton University 137,133

Robertson Foundation  8,257

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):

StateStreet Nominees

Chase Nominees

StateStreet Nominees

BoNY Nominees

Mellon Nominees

Pictet Nominees

Chase Nominees

NorTrust Nominees

Pictet Nominees

Mellon Nominees

Mellon Nominees

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):

11 June 2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:

12 June 2008

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

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

6,234,341

5,958,966 

6,780,541

6,477,966

0

5.34%

0%

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

N/A

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

6,477,966

5.34%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

State Street 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 the 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

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

Asset Value Investors acts as discretionary manager for all funds mentioned in 3. 

14 Contact name:

Asset Value Investors Limited

Daniel Sadler

15. Contact telephone name:

0207 647 2919