Holding in Company

Crest Nicholson PLC
9 May 2001


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Crest Nicholson Plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
The Throgmorton Trust Plc

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18:
Beneficial interest

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 811664

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
-

6   Percentage of issued class:
-

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
120,000

8   Percentage of issued class:
0.11%

9   Class of security:
10p Ordinary

10  Date of transaction:
8.5.01

11  Date company informed:
9.5.01

12  Total holding following this notification:
3,180,000

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
2.92%

14  Contact name for queries:
W.G. Hague

15 Contact telephone number:
01932 847272

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
W.G. Hague

17  Date of notification:
9.5.01


Additional Information:
Shareholder no longer has notifiable interest.