Holding(s) in Company

Crest Nicholson PLC
21 February 2006

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company
Crest Nicholson Plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
HBOS plc and its subsidiaries

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 in 2 above

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

Nortrust Nominees A/c HLI27 HXPEN - 20,742

Nortrust Nominees A/c HLI26 HPFO - 26,378

Nortrust Nominees A/c HLI24 HPBA - 29,661

Nortrust Nominees A/c HLI25 HLFO - 188,886

Nortrust Nominees A/c HLI23 HLBA - 263,022

Nortrust Nominees A/c HLI28 HXLFE - 279,204

Nortrust Nominees A/c CMI10 1105 - 582,043

Nortrust Nominees A/c CMM13 2314 - 3,546,239



5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
-

6. Percentage of issued class
-

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed
-

8. Percentage of issued class
-

9. Class of security
10p Ordinary shares

10. Date of transaction
-

11. Date company informed
21 February 2006

12. Total holding following this notification
4,936,179

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
4.38%

14. Any additional information
-

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
W.G. Hague 01932 847272

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
W.G. Hague

Date of notification
21 February 2006

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