Holding in Company

Persimmon PLC
19 September 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

Persimmon PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

Cater Allen International Limited

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 interest


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

Not disclosed

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

N/a

6) Percentage of issued class

N/a

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/a

8) Percentage of issued class

N/a

9) Class of security

Ordinary shares

10) Date of transaction

N/a

11) Date company informed

19 September 2001

12) Total holding following this notification

Not disclosed


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.59%

14) Any additional information

Holding has arisen from a stock borrowing and lending position. As a result
Cater Allen International Limited have no interest or voting capability in the
ordinary shares.

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 19 September 2001