Holding in Company

Persimmon PLC
5 February 2001

                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

PERSIMMON PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

M & G INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT 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.

PRUDENTIAL PLC
(SEE SCHEDULE BELOW FOR BREAKDOWN OF HOLDINGS)
OF WHICH PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY LTD HAS A DISCLOSABLE HOLDING OF
15,751,606 SHARES

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

ORDINARY SHARES OF 10P

10)  Date of transaction

N/A

11)  Date company informed

2/2/01

12)  Total holding following this notification

21,238,557
               
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

11.61%

14)  Any additional information

NONE

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

SARA PHILLIPS
020 7678 7358

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

     Date of Notification .....5 FEBRUARY 2001.....



          NOTIFIABLE POSITION REPORT FOR PERSIMMON ORD GBP0.10
                         AS AT JANUARY 2001


Percentage holdings are calculated using an issued share capital of 182,820,724
ORD GBP0.10 SHARES
                                            
                                                                           
                         REGISTERED HOLDER            HOLDING    %    
PRUDENTIAL PLC                                     21,238,557  11.61       TOTAL
                                                                      NOTIFIABLE
                 CHASE NOMINEES LTD A/C 3789          475,654           INTEREST
                 CHASE NOMS LT A/C 14914            1,654,655
                 CHASE NOMS LTD                        52,500
                 CHASE NOMS LTD A/C 14915             181,591
                 CLYDESDALE BK (H. OFF) NOMS LTD       68,056
                 CLYDESDALE BK NOMS LTD MGB         2,400,000
                 CLYDESDALE BK NOMS LTD MGT            13,200
                 M&G (LOMBARD ST) NOMS 705000         350,000
                 MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI          154,943
                 PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC AC   15,565,663
                 PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PHL AC      281,995
                 PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC       31,000
                 SCOT AM MANAGED INDEX TRUST            9,300