Director Shareholding

Taylor Woodrow PLC
01 July 2004


Taylor Woodrow Employee Share Ownership Trust

Taylor Woodrow plc ('the company') has been notified of the transfer on 28 June 
2004 of 12,188 25p ordinary shares of the company ('shares') by the Taylor 
Woodrow Employee Share Ownership Trust ('ESOT').

These shares have been transferred to an employee (not an executive director of 
the company) who validly exercised an option granted over shares pursuant to the 
Taylor Woodrow Executive Share Option Plan.

The employee interest arising from this transaction is not itself reportable.
Following this disposal, the ESOT now holds 7,902,823 shares.

Each of the executive directors of the company is a potential beneficiary under
the ESOT and therefore, in accordance with section 329 Companies Act 1985, is 
regarded as having a notional interest in the ESOT holding of 7,902,823 shares.

Despite having this notional interest, each executive director will only be 
entitled to receive shares from the ESOT in satisfaction of options granted to 
him pursuant to the company's share option plans as previously disclosed.

Richard Morbey
Group Company Secretary

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