Holding in Company

Persimmon PLC
13 March 2002

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

PERSIMMON PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

THE PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY 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

2 ABOVE

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

MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM (UK) SAL1                 117,286

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC A/C          13,635,582

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC              294,000

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired



6) Percentage of issued class



7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed



8) Percentage of issued class



9) Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES

10) Date of transaction



11) Date company informed

12 MARCH 2002

12) Total holding following this notification

14,046,868


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

5.08%

14) Any additional information

NONE

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

CAROLINE GRIFFITHS

020 7678 7879

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

Date of notification 13 March 2002





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