Holding(s) in Company

Persimmon PLC
11 September 2003

Letter to Persimmon PLC

S198 Companies act 1985 (the 'Act')

We write to inform you, pursuant to s198 of the Act, that as at the close of
business on 5th September, 2003, Lehman Brothers International (Europe) had an
interest in 17,562,766 ordinary shares of Persimmon Plc (the 'Company').  This
represents 6.29% of the outstanding share capital of the Company.


From Lehman Brothers


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