Holding in Company

Persimmon PLC 22 February 2001 DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS 1) NAME OF COMPANY PERSIMMON PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LTD 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 2 ABOVE 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. FMR CORP FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LTD - SEE SCHEDULE BELOW 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. 6) ( N/A %) of issued Class 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 8) ( N/A %) of issued Class 9) Class of security 10p ORDINARY 10) Date of transaction 11) Date company informed 21/2/01 12) Total holding following this notification 22,424,309 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 12.26% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries GARETH PRICE - 020 7678 7506 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ....22/02/01 SCHEDULE A SECURITY: PERSIMMON PLC SHARES MANAGEMENT NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME HELD COMPANY (Ordinary Shares) 350,000 FMRCO HSBC 22,000 FMRCO STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED 500,000 FMRCO CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 97,342 FMTC STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED 6,975,263 FISL CLYDESDALE BANK (HEAD OFFICE) NOMINEES LIMITED 2,007,797 FPM CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED 67,500 FPM GRACECHURCH NOMINEES 581,700 FPM RBS TRUST BANK 1,890,900 FPM BANKERS TRUST 109,490 FPM NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD 65,300 FPM MSS NOMINEES LTD 202,559 FPM BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD 98,440 FPM CITIBANK 209,700 FIL BANKERS TRUST 2,354,945 FIL RBS TRUST BANK 131,260 FIL CITIBANK 64,690 FIL CLYDESDALE BANK (HEAD OFFICE) NOMINEES LIMITED 4,264,780 FIL MSS NOMINEES LTD 330,200 FIL BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD 651,800 FIL CHASE NOMINEES LTD 336,318 FIL MORGAN STANLEY 212,425 FIL BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE 626,500 FIL NORTHERN TRUST 273,400 FIL NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD Total Ordinary Shares: 22,424,309 Current ownership percentage: 12.26% Shares in issue: 186,866,319 Change in holdings since last filing: +2,335,151 ordinary shares

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