Holding(s) in Company

Taylor Woodrow PLC
17 November 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 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

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
Non-beneficial:
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                     45,000
845030
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                  2,635,000
845017
Chase Nominees Ltd a/c 17336                                     47,477
Chase Nominees Ltd a/c 17260                                    102,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                     18,530
777086
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                     11,060
777094
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                     19,260
777167
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                      3,990
785078
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                      4,790
873426
Chase Nominees Ltd a/c 00994                                    337,300
Chase Nominees Ltd a/c 21652                                      4,477
Registered names not disclosed                               77,655,939
Total non-beneficial                                         80,908,823




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

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

17 November 2004


12) Total holding following this notification

80,908,823 (non-beneficial)


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

14.08% (non-beneficial)

AXA  S.A. has also declared that its beneficial interests in the company's share
capital have now reduced to 2.72%


14) Any additional information

None

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Richard Morbey

0121 600 8543


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

Richard Morbey

Date of notification 17 November, 2004


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