Holding(s) in Company

Taylor Woodrow PLC
29 May 2007

Form TR-1 with annex. FSA Version 2.1 updated April 2007

For filings with the FSA include the annex

For filings with issuer exclude the annex


TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of        Taylor Woodrow plc
existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                                         yes

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                  no

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments 
which may result in the acquisition of shares already 
issued to which voting rights are attached                                                   no

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                             no

Other (please specify):______________

                                                               

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification              Norman Brian Montague Askew
obligation:                                           (Taylor Woodrow plc Chairman and proxy holder)
                                                      
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from     Shareholders appointing Norman Brian Montague
3):                                                                   Askew as Proxy

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the
threshold is crossed or reached if different):                         29 May 2007 

6. Date on which issuer notified:                                      27 May 2007

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                            52%


8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares


Class/type of    Situation previous to   Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares           the triggering
                 transaction
If possible use  Number of   Number of   Number of shares Number of voting rights      Percentage of voting
ISIN code        shares      voting                                                    rights
                             rights
                                                          Direct      Indirect         Direct      Indirect

Ordinary shares     9,974       9,974      302,823,356    9,974      302,823,356       0.0017       52.02
                 (below 3%)   (below 3%

ISIN:
GB0008782301


B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial   Expiration date     Exercise/           No. of voting rights that Percentage of
instrument                              conversion period/  may be acquired (if the   voting rights
                                        date                instrument exercised/
                                                            converted)
        N/A                 N/A                 N/A                    N/A                    N/A




Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights                              Percentage of voting rights

302,833,330                                          52.022




9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively
held, if applicable:

N/A


Proxy Voting:


10. Name of proxy holder:                                        Norman Brian Montague Askew
                                                               (Chairman of Taylor Woodrow plc)

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                      302,823,356
to hold:
                                                                         

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold    These voting rights were being held by Norman Brian
voting rights:                                       Montague Askew (Chairman of Taylor Woodrow plc)
                                                     pursuant to proxies received for the purposes of an
                                                     Extraordinary General Meeting held on 29 May 2007.
                                                     The proxies expired and the voting rights lapsed
                                                     immediately upon the conclusion of the Extraordinary
                                                     General Meeting.


3. Additional information:                            When the proxies expired 52.02% of voting rights
                                                      returned to the shareholders that appointed Norman
                                                      Brian Montague Askew as their proxy.
14 Contact name:                                                          Richard Morbey

                                                                    (Group Company Secretary)
15. Contact telephone number:                                          [phone]





For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer


Annex: Notification of major interests in shares




A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name                                                        Norman Brian Montague Askew
                                                               (Chairman of Taylor Woodrow plc)
(including legal form of legal entities)


Contact address                                                            Chairman
                                                                      Taylor Woodrow plc
(registered office for legal entities)                                  2 Princes Way,
                                                                          Solihull,
                                                                    West Midlands B91 3ES

Phone number & email                                                 [phone]

Other useful information                                            Legal representative:
(at least legal representative for legal persons)                     Slaughter and May
                                                                       One Bunhill Row
                                                                       London EC1Y 8YY

                                                                 Contact: Kathrin Kribben or
                                                                        John Mackenzie
                                                                     [phone]


B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name                                            N/A


Contact address                                      N/A


Phone number & email                                 N/A


Other useful information                             N/A



(e.g. functional relationship with the person or
legal entity subject to the notification obligation)


C: Additional information
This notification is being made because the Chairman of the Board of the issuer has been appointed Proxy for the EGM
held on 29 May 2007.




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