Holding(s) in Company

Taylor Woodrow PLC
08 November 2005

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1)         Name of company TAYLOR WOODROW plc


2)         Name of shareholder having a major interest
            AXA S.A.

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

Non-beneficial and beneficial interests


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


Registered a/c name                                          No of shares
Non-beneficial interests:
Chase Nominees Ltd a/c 17336                                       47,477
Chase Nominees Ltd a/c 17260                                       82,000
Chase Nominees Ltd a/c 21652                                        4,477
Registered names not disclosed                                 96,366,685
Total of non-beneficial interests                              96,500,639

Beneficial interests
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                    2,737,123
776934
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c                      410,415
867116
BNY (OCS) Nominees Limited                                         24,165
AXA Sun Life plc                                                4,078,043
Registered names not disclosed                                  4,595,815
Total of beneficial interests                                  11,845,561
Total beneficial & non-beneficial:                            108,346,200



5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

Not disclosed


6) Percentage of issued class

Not disclosed


7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A

8) Percentage of issued class

N/A


9) Class of security

25p ordinary shares


10) Date of transaction

Not disclosed

11) Date company informed

8 November, 2005


12) Total holding following this notification

11,845,561 (beneficial)

96,500,639 (non-beneficial)

108,346,200 (total of beneficial and non-beneficial)


13) Total percentage holding of issued class carrying voting rights following
this notification

  2.07% (beneficial)

16.86% (non-beneficial)

18.93% (total of beneficial and non-beneficial)


14) Any additional information

The calculation is based on total number of voting shares in issue of
572,330,498 (net of 18,813,077 Treasury shares held by the company)

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Richard Morbey

0121 600 8543

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Richard Morbey

Date of notification 8 November, 2005


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