Holding(s) in Company

Taylor Woodrow PLC
16 December 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

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                      3,990
785078
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                    250,000
845005
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                    125,000
880868
Chase Nominees Ltd a/c 17260                                    102,000
Chase Nominees Ltd a/c 17336                                     47,477
Chase Nominees Ltd a/c 21652                                      4,477
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                      4,790
873426
Chase Nominees Ltd a/c 00994                                    337,300
Registered names not disclosed                               80,994,224
Total beneficial & non-beneficial:
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                    217,748
867815
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                    940,000
867396
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                  2,200,000
867372
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                  4,694,475
776934
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                    410,415
867116
BNY (OCS) Nominees Limited                                       35,820
AXA Sun Life plc                                              5,838,367
Registered names not disclosed                                  916,819



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

15 December 2004


12) Total holding following this notification

81,899,578 (non-beneficial)

97,153,222 (total of beneficial and non-beneficial)


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

14.396% (non-beneficial)

17.08% (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 16 December, 2004


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