Holding(s) in Company

Taylor Woodrow PLC
12 December 2005

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1)         Name of company TAYLOR WOODROW plc


2)         Name of shareholder having a major interest
            AXA S.A.

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



Non-beneficial interest 101,975,099 shares (17.79%):


Registered a/c name                                        No of shares
Chase Nominees Ltd a/c 17336                                     47,477
Chase Nominees Ltd a/c 17260                                     82,000
Chase Nominees Ltd a/c 21652                                      4,477
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                  4,374,815
845017
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                    250,000
889598
Registered names not disclosed                               97,216,330



Beneficial interest 11,839,561 shares (2.06%):


Registered a/c name                                        No of shares
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                  2,737,123
776934
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                    410,415
867116
BNY (OCS) Nominees Limited                                       24,165
AXA Sun Life plc                                              4,078,043
Registered names not disclosed                                4,589,815



Percentages are calculated on the issued ordinary share capital, net of Treasury
shares, of 573,288,757 shares.

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

Not disclosed


6) Percentage of issued class

Not disclosed

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A

8) Percentage of issued class

N/A


9) Class of security

25p ordinary shares


10) Date of transaction

Not disclosed

11) Date company informed

12 December 2005


12) Total holding following this notification

101,975,099 (non-beneficial)

  11,839,561 (beneficial)

113,814,660 (total of beneficial and non-beneficial)


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

17.79% (non-beneficial)

  2.06% (beneficial)

19.85% (total of beneficial and 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 12 December 2005


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