Holding(s) in Company

Taylor Woodrow PLC
09 September 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

Beneficial and Non-beneficial interests


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

Beneficial:

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                        736,108
a/c 867815

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                      1,530,000
a/c 867396

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                      5,641,794
a/c 776934

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                        410,415
a/c 867116

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                        300,000
a/c 867268

BNY (OCS) Nominees Limited                                       84,020

Axa Sun Life plc                                              7,351,544

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                      3,770,000
a/c 867372

Registered names not disclosed                                1,016,819

Total beneficial                                             20,840,700

Non-beneficial:

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                         63,000
a/c 845030

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                      3,735,000
a/c 845017

Chase Nominees Ltd                                               47,477
a/c 17336

Chase Nominees Ltd                                               88,557
a/c 17260

Vidacos Nominees                                                 16,000

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                         57,280
a/c 777086

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                         32,970
a/c 777094

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                         59,180
a/c 777167

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                         11,780
a/c 785078

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                         14,600
a/c 873426

Chase Nominees Ltd a/c 00994                                  1,190,170

Chase Nominees Ltd a/c 21652                                      4,477

Registered names not disclosed                               69,948,330

Total non-beneficial                                         73,061,832

Overall total                                                93,902,532




5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

Not disclosed


6) Percentage of issued class

N/A

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

Not disclosed

8) Percentage of issued class

Not advised


9) Class of security

25p ordinary shares


10) Date of transaction

Not disclosed

11) Date company informed

9 September 2004


12) Total holding following this notification

20,840,700 (beneficial)

73,061,832 (non-beneficial)

93,902,532 (total of beneficial and non-beneficial combined)


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.56% (beneficial)

12.47% (non-beneficial)

16.03%  (total of beneficial and non-beneficial)

14) Any additional information

None

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Richard Morbey

0121 600 8540


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

Richard Morbey

Date of notification 9 September, 2004


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