Holding(s) in Company

Quintain Estates & Development PLC
09 August 2007



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:



Quintain Estates and Development plc



2. Reason for the notification

(please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):



An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: (   )



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) : ( X ) Late notification under the DTR transitional
provisions

.................



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



            Taube Hodson Stonex Partners Limited



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

.................



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

.................



6. Date on which issuer notified



            8 August 2007



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              Situation previous to the triggering transaction
use ISIN CODE
                                  Number of shares                   Number of voting rights







                                                 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Class/type of shares if       Number of shares          Number of voting rights               % of voting rights
possible use ISIN CODE
                                                        Direct         Indirect               Direct       Indirect


GB0007184442                  8,799,550                                8,799,500                           6.78%



B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


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





Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights        % of voting rights


8,799,500                      6.78%



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

.................



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:

Taube Hodson Stonex Partners Limited (THS) is a discretionary fund manager and
does not invest on its own behalf but invests on behalf of its clients (that are
large institutional funds i.e. pension funds, unit trusts).  THS controls the
shares on the clients' behalf.



THS has held Quintain Estates and Development plc shares on behalf of clients
since 06/10/1997.  On 12/06/01, the 5% limit was crossed and has remained above
5% since then.  The current holding is 6.78%.



In accordance with the DTR transitional provisions, Quintain Estates and
Development plc should have been notified by 20 March 2007.



14. Contact name:



Sue Dixon, Company Secretary



15. Contact telephone number:

 020 7478 9418




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