Holding in Company

Persimmon PLC
26 March 2001


                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

PERSIMMON PLC


2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

FMR CORP. & ITS DIRECT & INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES AND FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL
LIMITED & ITS DIRECT & INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES


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


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

SEE LIST BELOW


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

N/A


6)   ( N/A %) of issued Class


7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

47,900


8)   ( 0.02% ) of issued Class


9)   Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES


10)  Date of transaction

N/A


11)  Date company informed

23/03/01


12)  Total holding following this notification

22,376,409
               
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

8.10%


14)  Any additional information

N/A


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  TRACY DAVISON

     Date of Notification      26 MARCH 2001



Schedule A                                           Amendment No. 20

Security: Persimmon Plc

                               MANAGEMENT
                 SHARES HELD    COMPANY     NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
(Ordinary Shares)

                     700,000      FMRCO     HSBC
                      22,000      FMRCO     State Street Nominees Limited
                     500,000      FMRCO     Chase Nominees Limited
                      97,342      FMTC      State Street Nominees Ltd.
                   7,401,650      FISL      Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
                                              Nominees Limited
                   1,530,897      FPM       Chase Nominees Ltd
                     581,700      FPM       RBS Trust Bank
                   1,810,500      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
                   2,071,045      FIL       RBS Trust Bank
                     131,260      FIL       Citibank
                      91,390      FIL       Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
                                              Nominees Limited
                   4,137,380      FIL       MSS Nominees Ltd
                     233,700      FIL       BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                     651,800      FIL       Chase Nominees Ltd
                     336,318      FIL       Morgan Stanley
                     496,338      FIL       Bank of New York Europe
                     626,500      FIL       Northern Trust
                     271,100      FIL       Nortrust Nominees Ltd