Holding(s) in Company

Galliford Try PLC
21 November 2007


TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares




1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing   Galliford Try plc
shares to which voting rights are attached:


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


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights


Other (please specify):


3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification     AXA S.A, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group
obligation:                                           of companies


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


5. Date of transaction (and date on which the         18 November 2007
threshold is crossed or reached if different):


6. Date on which issuer notified:                     20 November 2007


7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:       5%
8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares


Class/type of     Situation previous to the  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares            triggering transaction
                  Number of    Number of     Number of    Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting
If possible use   shares       voting rights shares                                 rights
ISIN code
                                                          Direct       Indirect     Direct      Indirect

GB0003599064      17,625,457   17,625,457    2,023,722    2,023,722    17,534,729   0.54        4.66%

B: Financial Instruments


Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of financial   Expiration date      Exercise/ conversion No. of voting rights that  Percentage of
instrument                               period/date          may be acquired (if the    voting rights
                                                              instrument exercised/
                                                              converted)
N/A


Total (A+B)


Number of voting rights                             Percentage of voting rights
19,558,451                                          5.19%




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


Name of Company / Fund                      Number of Shares              % of issued share capital

AXA Sun Life plc                                    702,355                         0.18653

AXA Rosenberg

                        Direct


Sun Life Assurance Society plc                      533,738                         0.14175

AXA Rosenberg

                        Direct


AXA Rosenberg                                   17,534,729                          4.65679

                        Indirect


AXA Sun Life                                         63,993                          0.01699

FTSE ALL Share Tracker Life

                        Direct


AXA Sun Life                                         309,702                         0.08225

FTSE ALL Share Tracker Pension

                        Direct


Axa Sun Life with Profits Passive                    255,212                         0.06778

                        Direct


Sun Life Ass Soc With                                158,722                         0.04215

Profits Passive

                        Direct




                        Total Direct              2,023,722                         0.53745

                        Total Indirect           17,534,729                         4.65679
                        TOTAL                    19,558,451                         5.19424


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:                          Please note the group has other holdings which are
                                                     covered by exemptions.

14 Contact name:                                     Alison White


15. Contact telephone name:                          01895 855006






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