Holding(s) in Company

Persimmon PLC
24 September 2002

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
AVS NO


        All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1.       Name of company                           2.      Name of shareholder having a major interest

         PERSIMMON PLC                                     LEGAL & GENERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT


3.       Please state whether notification         4.      Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one
         indicates that it is in respect of                holder, the number of shares held by each of them
         holding of the shareholder named in 2
         above or in respect of a non-beneficial           HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 775245: 1,286,175
         interest or in the case of an individual          SHARES
         holder if it is a holding of that
         person's spouse or children under the age         HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 360509: 245,307
         of 18                                             SHARES

                                                           HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 357206: 6,646,075
                                                           SHARES

                                                           HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 866203: 258,986
                                                           SHARES


5.       Number of shares/     6.       Percentage 7.      Number of shares/    8.      Percentage of issued class
         amount of stock                of issued          amount of stock
         acquired                       class              disposed

         67,314                         0.02%              N/A                          N/A


9.  Class of security                         10.              Date of      11.               Date company informed
                                                               transaction


    ORDINARY SHARES OF 10P EACH                                18/09/02                       20/09/02
                                                               

12.      Total holding following this notification 13.              Total percentage holding of issued class following
                                                                    this notification
         8,436,543
                                                                    3.01%


14.      Any additional information                15.     Name of contact and telephone number for queries

                                                           SARAH HICKMAN

                                                           01904 630 924



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

         SARAH HICKMAN


Date of notification 24/09/2002




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