Holding(s) in Company

Persimmon PLC
06 September 2005


                              LEGAL ENTITY REPORT

PERSIMMON                                                    SEDOL: 0682538

As at 02 September 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below,
had a notifiable interest in 18,447,242 ORD GBP0.10 representing 6.31 % of the
issued share capital of 292,478,463 units.

Legal Entity                                         Holding     Percentage Held

Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd                   45,156            .0154
Barclays Bank PLC                                  8,000,000           2.7352
Gerrard Ltd                                        1,522,232            .5205
Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd                   8,045            .0028
Barclays Global Investors, N.A.                    2,316,445            .7920
Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd               62,641            .0214
Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking      321,512            .1099
Barclays Global Investors Ltd                      4,478,616           1.5313
Barclays Global Fund Advisors                        720,961            .2465
Barclays Capital Securities Ltd                      273,062            .0934
Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd                       698,572            .2388

                                Group Holding     18,447,242           6.3072







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