Holding(s) in Company

Persimmon PLC
29 September 2003


Letter to Persimmon plc
Dated 26 September 2003

Companies Act 1985 (as amended):
Disclosure of Interests in Shares

In accordance with Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended) (the 'Act'),
we write to inform you that Prudential plc and certain of its subsidiary
companies have a notifiable interest in the issued share capital of your company
as detailed in the schedule below.

For the purposes of S210 of the Act, the address for those companies identified
in the schedule below is Laurence Pountney Hill London EC4R OHH.



              Notifiable Position Report for PERSIMMON ORD GBP 0.10 
                              as at 25 September 2003


Percentage holdings are calculated using an issued share capital of 283,297,688 
ORD GBP 0.10 shares

           Registered Holder                    Holding       %

Prudential plc                               16,929,167    5.98 Total Notifiable
                                                                Interest
           M&G (LOMBARD STREET) NOMS FPE         34,858
           MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM (UK) SALI         106,031
           PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC AC   14,210,023
           PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PHL AC      324,975
           PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC    1,727,258
           PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) SAL AC        5,176
           ROY NOMINEES 578079                  105,970
           ROY NOMS LTD 578052                   58,623
           ROY NOMS LTD 578141                  116,450
           ROY NOMS LTD 578192                  239,803


The Prudential Assurance Company Limited     16,048,488    5.66
           MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM (UK) SALI         106,031
           PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC AC   14,210,023
           PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC    1,727,258
           PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) SAL AC        5,176

                    End of Report

From: M&G Investment Management Limited


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