EGM Statement

Taylor Woodrow PLC
24 September 2003

Not for release, publication or distribution in or into any US Restricted
Jurisdiction, Canada, Australia or Japan.


            Recommended Offer by UBS Investment Bank and HSBC Bank plc
                        on behalf of Taylor Woodrow plc
                (and in the United States by Taylor Woodrow plc)
                       for Wilson Connolly Holdings Plc

                                 EGM Statement



For immediate release          24 September 2003



On 1 September 2003, it was announced that the Boards of Taylor Woodrow and
Wilson Connolly had agreed the terms of a recommended cash and shares offer to
be made for the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Wilson
Connolly.



The Offer was conditional, inter alia, on the passing of any necessary
resolution(s) at an Extraordinary General Meeting of Taylor Woodrow.

Taylor Woodrow announces that at the Extraordinary General Meeting held earlier
today all of the resolutions proposed were passed.



By 9.00 a.m. on Monday 22 September 2003, the closing date for receipt of
proxies, the Registrars had received 2,027 proxy forms, representing 311,887,737
ordinary shares, being 56.24% of Taylor Woodrow's issued ordinary share capital.



The proxies were submitted as follows:
Resolution 1
For:                                                        310,686,092
Discretion to the Chair:                                    707,328
Against:                                                    157,082
Votes withheld:                                             337,235


Resolution 2
For:                                                        310,510,688
Discretion to the Chair:                                    868,920
Against:                                                    170,894
Votes withheld:                                             337,235




Resolution 3
For:                                                        310,517,454
Discretion to the Chair:                                    863,315
Against:                                                    169,733
Votes withheld:                                             337,235






Terms defined in the Offer Document dated 1 September 2003 shall have the same
meaning in this announcement.



For further information or enquiries, please contact:



Taylor Woodrow
Ian Morris, Corporate Communications
Phone: [phone]

Jonathan Murrin, Investor Relations
Phone [phone]

UBS Investment Bank
Michael Lacey-Solymar
Duncan Williams
Bill Hutchings
Phone: [phone]

HSBC
Charles Packshaw
Nick McCarthy
Clive Rates
Phone: [phone]

Financial Dynamics
Scott Fulton
Peter Otero
Phone: [phone] 7269 7121



The Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into, or by the use
of mails or any means or instrumentality (including, without limitation,
telephonically or electronically) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or any
facility of a national securities exchange of, any Restricted Jurisdiction.
Accordingly, copies of this announcement are not being, and must not be,
directly or indirectly, mailed or otherwise forwarded, distributed or sent in or
into or from any Restricted Jurisdiction and persons receiving this announcement
(including custodians, nominees and trustees) must not mail or otherwise
forward, distribute or send it in or into or from any Restricted Jurisdiction.
Doing so may render invalid any purported acceptance of the Offer.  The
availability of the Offer to persons who are not resident in the United Kingdom
may be affected by the laws of the relevant jurisdictions.  Persons who are not
resident in the United Kingdom should inform themselves about and observe any
applicable legal or regulatory requirements of their jurisdiction.  Further
details in relation to overseas shareholders are contained in the Offer
Document.



UBS and HSBC (which is regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services
Authority) are acting for Taylor Woodrow and no one else in connection with the
Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than Taylor Woodrow for
providing the protections afforded to customers of UBS and HSBC nor for giving
advice in relation to the Offer.




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