Director Shareholding

Severfield-Rowen PLC
04 May 2005


                                  SCHEDULE 11
          NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS
AVS NO

All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

   1.  Name of company                       2.  Name of director

       SEVERFIELD-ROWEN PLC                      TOM HAUGHEY

   3.  Please state whether notification     4.  Name of the registered holder(s) and,
       indicates that it is in respect of        if more than one holder, the number of
       holding of the shareholder named in       shares held by each of them (if
       2 above or in respect of a                notified)
       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 or
       in respect of an non-beneficial
       interest

       2 ABOVE                                   2 ABOVE

   5.  Please state whether notification     6.  Please state the nature of the
       relates to a person(s) connected          transaction. For PEP transactions
       with the director named in 2 above        please indicate whether general/single
       and identify the connected person(s)      co PEP and if discretionary/non
                                                 discretionary /non discretionary

       2 ABOVE                                   EXERCISE OF OPTION TO ACQUIRE 100,000
                                                 SHARES AND SUBSQUENT DISPOSAL

   7.  Number of        8.  Percentage of    9.  Number of       10.  Percentage of
       shares/amount        issued class         shares/amount        issued class
       of stock                                  of stock
       acquired                                  disposed

       NA                   NA                   85,000                 0.42%

  11.  Class of        12.  Price per        13.  Date of        14.  Date company
       security             share                 transaction         informed

       ORDINARY             615 PENCE             4 MAY 2005          4 MAY 2005
       SHARES          

  15.  Total holding following this          16.  Total percentage holding of issued
       notification                               class following this notification

       15,000                                     0.07%

If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the following
boxes.

       Date of grant                        18.  Period during which or date on which
                                                 exercisable



  19.  Total amount paid (if any) for grant 20.  Description of shares or debentures
       of the option                             involved: class, number



  21.  Exercise price (if fixed at time of  22.  Total number of shares or debentures
       grant) or indication that price is        over which options held following this
       to be fixed at time of exercise           notification



  23.  Any additional information           24.  Name of contact and telephone number
                                                 for queries

                                                 TOM PERRY 020 7678 1793

  25.  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this
       notification

       peter davison

Date of notification 4 MAY 2005
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