Holding in Company

Bellway PLC
25 July 2000


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Bellway plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Standard Life Investments

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:
as above

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
Stanlife Nominees Limited

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
147,000

6   Percentage of issued class:
0.13%

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
n/a

8   Percentage of issued class:
n/a

9   Class of security:
Bellway plc 12.5p Ordinary

10  Date of transaction:
21/7/2000

11  Date company informed:
24/7/2000

12  Total holding following this notification:
3,372,983

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
3.09%

14  Contact name for queries:
Kevin Wrightson

15 Contact telephone number:
0191 217 0717

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Kevin Wreightson

17  Date of notification:
25/7/2000



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