Holding(s) in Company

Persimmon PLC
19 March 2003



LETTER TO:  PERSIMMON PLC
DATED:      March 17, 2003


Enclosed are closing 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 (FIL) and its direct and
indirect subsidiaries, both being non-beneficial holders.

Closing Amendment No. 30


NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK 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, and Fidelity 
           Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts 
           as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust 
           accounts.(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 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) (e) 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                       Closing Amendment No 30


                      SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED
                                     COMPANY     NAME

(Ordinary
  Shares)
                     
                      1,500,000     FMRCO        HSBC
                         38,048     FMTC         MSCO
                      3,795,112     FISL         CHASE NOMINEES LTD
                         24,440     FPM          BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE
                        142,343     FPM          RBS TRUST BANK
                         45,090     FPM          NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD
                          6,684     FPM          BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD
                         17,540     FPM          CITIBANK
                         12,388     FIL          BANKERS TRUST
                        144,400     FIL          RBS TRUST BANK
                         11,780     FIL          CITIBANK
                      1,659,904     FIL          MSS NOMINEES LTD
                         68,499     FIL          CHASE NOMINEES LTD
                        682,638     FIL          BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON
                         54,562     FIL          NORTHERN TRUST
                         41,200     FIL          NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD



TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES: 8,244,628

CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE:  2.94%

SHARES IN ISSUE:       280,025,712

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
 LAST FILING:            (2,874,957) ordinary shares



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