Holding(s) in Company

Taylor Woodrow PLC
05 May 2004

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company TAYLOR WOODROW plc


2) Name of shareholder having a major interest
AXA SA


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

Non-beneficial interest


4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

Registered a/c name                                   No of shares

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 845030         59,450

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 845017      4,150,000

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 777086         57,280

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 777094         32,970

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 777167         60,260

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 785078         10,780

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 873426         14,600

Chase Nominees Ltd. A/c 17336                           44,955

Chase Nominees Ltd. A/c 17260                           88,557

Chase Nominees Ltd. A/c 00994                        1,190,170

Chase Nominees Ltd. A/c 21652                            4,477

Vidacos Nominees Ltd.                                   16,000

Registration details not supplied                   56,553,613

                                                    __________

TOTAL                                               62,283,112



5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

N/A


6) Percentage of issued class

N/A

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

Not advised

8) Percentage of issued class

Not advised


9) Class of security

25p ordinary shares


10) Date of transaction

Not advised

11) Date company informed

5 May 2004


12) Total holding following this notification

23,158,065 (beneficial)

62,283,112 (non-beneficial)

85,441,177 (total of beneficial and non-beneficial combined)


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.95% (beneficial)

10.636% (non-beneficial)



14) Any additional information

None

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Michael Lonnon

0121 600 8542


16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Richard Morbey

Date of notification 5 May 2004


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