Holding(s) in Company

Taylor Woodrow PLC
16 May 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 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                    383,841
845005
Chase Nominees Ltd a/c 17336                                     47,477
Chase Nominees Ltd a/c 17260                                     82,000
Vidacos Nominees Limited                                         16,485
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                     14,200
777094
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                     25,000
777167
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                      5,250
785078
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                    204,874
785078
Chase Nominees Ltd a/c 00994                                    330,400
Chase Nominees Ltd a/c 21652                                      4,477
Registered names not disclosed                               93,304,651
Total beneficial & non-beneficial:
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                    203,255
867815
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                    974,500
867396
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                  2,144,200
867372
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                  4,000,000
776934
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                    410,415
867116
BNY (OCS) Nominees Limited                                       10,465
AXA Sun Life plc                                              5,838,367
Registered names not disclosed                                2,964,965



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

16 May 2005


12) Total holding following this notification

94,418,655 (non-beneficial)

110,964,822 (total of beneficial and non-beneficial)


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

16.05% (non-beneficial)

18.86% (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 16 May 2005


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