RNS Number:2585P
Taylor Woodrow PLC
01 September 2003


          NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO ANY
           US RESTRICTED JURISDICTION, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN

                                Taylor Woodrow Plc


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


1 September 2003

Taylor Woodrow plc ("Taylor Woodrow") announces that the offer document in
relation to the recommended offer (the "Offer") for Wilson Connolly plc ("Wilson
Connolly"), announced today, is being posted to Wilson Connolly shareholders.
Taylor Woodrow is also posting today a circular to its own shareholders
convening an Extraordinary General Meeting to be held at 9 a.m. on 24 September
2003 to approve, inter alia, the acquisition of Wilson Connolly.

Copies of the above documents have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority
and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's
Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

Financial Services Authority,
25 The North Colonnade,
Canary Wharf,
London E14 5HS
Tel: 020 7066 1000

(Documents will normally be available for inspection within six normal business
hours of this notice being given).

The Offer in the United States (excluding US Restricted Jurisdictions) is made
solely by Taylor Woodrow, and neither UBS Investment Bank nor HSBC (nor any of
their respective affiliates) is making the Offer in the United States.

The Taylor Woodrow Directors accept responsibility for the information contained
in this announcement. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the Taylor
Woodrow Directors (who have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the
case), the information contained in this announcement is in accordance with the
facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such
information.

UBS Investment Bank 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 offered to clients of UBS
Investment Bank and HSBC nor for providing advice in relation to the Offer.

This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or an invitation to
purchase any securities or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.



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