Holding(s) in Company

Persimmon PLC
18 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 indicates that  4.   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one
     it is in respect of holding of the shareholder         holder, the number of shares held by each of them
     named in 2 above or in respect of a
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an           HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 775245: 1,286,175
     individual holder if it is a holding of that           SHARES
     person's spouse or children under the age of 18
                                                            HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 360509: 234,307
                                                            SHARES

                                                            HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD A/C 357206: 6,587,164
                                                            SHARES

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

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

     N/A
                                N/A                         70,500
                                                                                           0.025%

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

    ORDINARY SHARES OF 10P EACH                              13/09/02                         16/09/02


12.  Total holding following this notification         13.    Total percentage holding of issued class following this
                                                              notification
     8,366,632
                                                              2.99%


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

     LEGAL & GENERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT NO LONGER        SARAH HICKMAN
     HAVE A NOTIFIABLE INTEREST IN THE COMPANY
                                                            01904 630 924



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

     SARAH HICKMAN

Date of notification 18/09/2002




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