Holding in Company

Persimmon PLC
27 November 2001


LETTER TO PERSIMMON PLC - DATED 23 NOVEMBER 2001

Enclosed are amended notifications of disclosable interests under the U.K. 
Companies Act 1985. Please note that while this information details the 
disclosable interests of more than one entity, the enclosed disclosure 
constitutes separate notifications of interest which have been combined solely 
for purposes of clarity and efficiency. It is not intended to indicate that any 
of these entities act as a group or in concert with respect to these interests.

These disclosures are made in the interest of conformity with the Companies Act.
The Interest detailed herein were acquired solely for investment purposes. For 
disclosure purposes, holdings should be represented as FMR Corp. and its direct 
and indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) and its 
direct and indirect subsidiaries, both being non-beneficial holders.


Amendment No 22

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- U.K. COMPANIES ACT

1. Company in which shares are held:  PERSIMMON PLC

2. Notifiable Interest:     ORDINARY SHARES

     A     FMR Corp.
           82 Devonshire Street
           Boston, MA 02109

           Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company 
           (FMRCO). investment manager for US mutual funds. (See Schedule A for 
           listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings.)

     B     Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
           P.O. BOX HM 670
           Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

           Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries,
           including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), Fidelity Pension  
           Management (FPM) and investment managers for various non-US          
           investment companies and institutional clients. (See Schedule A for  
           listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings).

3.     The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of

           Mr Edward C Johnson 3d
           82 Devonshire Street
           Boston, MA 02109

           A principal shareholder and Chairman of FMR Corp. and Fidelity 
           International Limited.

4.     The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized
       unit trust schemes in the U.K. notwithstanding the exemption from 
       reporting pursuant to Section 209 (1) (h) of the Companies Act 1985.

5.     These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
       notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for 
       the purposes of clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate 
       that FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, 
       Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
       or Mr Edward C Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of 
       the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these 
       notifications on a joint basis.

6.     The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4) (b) of the Act,
       namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled
       to exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to 
       control the exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act
       respectively.

SCHEDULE A

SECURITY: PERSIMMON PLC                                 Amendment No 22


                      SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED
                                     COMPANY     NAME

(ORDINARY SHARES)
                      1,099,685       FMRCO      HSBC
                      6,692,931       FISL       CHASE NOMINEES LTD
                        230,040       FPM        BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE
                      1,102,482       FPM        CHASE NOMINEES LTD
                        317,600       FPM        RBS TRUST BANK
                      1,177,900       FPM        BANKERS TRUST
                         61,590       FPM        NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD
                        158,013       FPM        MSS NOMINEES LTD
                         74,859       FPM        BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD
                         52,240       FPM        CITIBANK
                        136,100       FIL        BANKERS TRUST
                      1,342,021       FIL        RBS TRUST BANK
                         80,060       FIL        CITIBANK
                      3,793,930       FIL        MSS NOMINEES LTD
                        156,426       FIL        BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD
                        948,551       FIL        CHASE NOMINEES LTD
                        305,083       FIL        MORGAN STANLEY
                        293,238       FIL        BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE
                        535,919       FIL        NORTHERN TRUST
                        572,358       FIL        NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD
                         49,800       FIL        BANK OF NEW YORK - LONDON
                          8,784       FIL        JP MORGAN

Total Ordinary Shares   19,189,610

Current ownership percentage:   6.95%

Shares in issue:     276,108,171

Change in holdings since last filing: (2,023,855) ordinary shares


FROM: FIDELITY INVESTMENTS