Holding in Company

Persimmon PLC
15 May 2001


                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     PERSIMMON PLC


2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     FMR CORP
     FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL


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 IN ADDITION THE NOTIFIABLE INTEREST COMPRISES THE NOTIFIABLE        
    INTEREST OF MR EDWARD C JOHNSON 3D


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

     SEE BELOW


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.



6)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     1,162,944


8)   (0.4%) of issued Class


9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY SHARES


10)  Date of transaction

     NOT DISCLOSED


11)  Date company informed

     11/5/01


12)  Total holding following this notification

     21,213,465

               
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     7.83%


14)  Any additional information




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


     Date of Notification  15/5/2001

Security:  Persimmon Plc

                                   Management          Nominee/Registered Name
               Shares Held          Company     

(Ordinary Shares)          
                 1,099,685          FMRCO              HSBC

                    83,342          FMTC               State Street Noms Ltd

                 6,639,676          FISL               Clydesdale Bank (Head
                                                       Office) Nominees Limited

                 1,606,382          FPM                Chase Nominees Ltd

                   373,700          FPM                RBS Trust Bank

                 1,233,700          FPM                Bankers Trust

                    72,490          FPM                Nortrust Nominees Ltd

                   166,713          FPM                MSS Nominees Ltd

                   183,059          FPM                BT Globenet Nominees Ltd

                    65,940          FPM                Citibank

                   182,300          FIL                Bankers Trust

                 1,801,921          FIL                RBS Trust Bank

                   104,260          FIL                Citibank

                    92,918          FIL                Clydesdale Bank (Head
                                                       Office) Nominees Limited

                 4,230,189          FIL                MSS Nominees Ltd

                   213,426          FIL                BT Globenet Nominees Ltd

                   870,231          FIL                Chase Nominees Ltd

                   354,118          FIL                Morgan Stanley

                   372,338          FIL                Bank of New York Europe

                   699,219          FIL                Northern Trust

                   767,858          FIL                Nortrust Nominees Ltd


Total Ordinary Shares:   21,213,465

Current ownership percentage:     7.83%

Shares in issue:  270,901,675

Change in holdings since last filing:  (1,162,944) ordinary shares