Director Shareholding

Goodwin PLC
31 March 2005

GOODWIN PLC ('the Company')

31 March 2005

DIRECTOR'S SHAREHOLDING

The Company has today received notification that, on 29 March 2005, Mr R S
Goodwin, a director of the Company, purchased 570 ordinary shares of 10p each in
the Company ('Shares') at 314.45p per Share, increasing his personal holding to
271,450 Shares, representing 3.77% of the Company's issued ordinary share
capital.

Mr RS Goodwin is deemed to be acting in concert with Mr J W Goodwin, a director
of the Company, and their total beneficial and non-beneficial holdings following
this transaction are detailed below:

Shareholder                   Shares      %

R S Goodwin ('RSG')          271,450   3.77   beneficial (RSG)
J W Goodwin ('JWG')          150,868   2.10   beneficial (unchanged) (JWG)
J M Securities Ltd         1,757,653  24.41   beneficial (unchanged) (RSG A JWG)
JM Securities (No. 3) Ltd  1,105,062  15.35   beneficial (unchanged) (RSG & JWG)
John Goodwin Grandsons       295,530   4.10   non-beneficial (unchanged) (RSG &
Trust                                         JWG)
J W Goodwin Childrens        243,087   3.38   non-beneficial (unchanged) (JWG)
Trust

TOTAL                      3,823,650  53.11

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