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Persimmon PLC 16 May 2006 Letter to: Persimmon Plc Letter dated: 12 May 2006 Companies Act 1985 ('The Act') - Part VI I hereby inform you that as at 11 May 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed on the schedule below, has a notifiable interest in the capital of your Company of 7.02%. Details of this interest, together with a breakdown between registered holders (as required by Section 202(3) of the Act), are below. The issued capital of 295,686,010 is the latest figure available to us. Letter from: Geoff Smith Barclays Plc REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT PERSIMMON SEDOL: 0682538 As at 11 May 2006 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 20,752,760 ORD GBP0.10 representing 7.02% of the issued share capital of 295,686,010 units. Registered Holder Account Designation Holding BANK OF NEW YORK 20,026 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 149,400 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 179,966 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 164,108 Barclays Global Investors Canada 19,856 Barclays Trust Co R69 C 000000000000000000 1,538 BNP PARIBAS 61,287 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 145,586 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 6,825,912 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 231,333 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 119,527 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 95,521 CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 40,771 Gerrard Nominees Limited 610720 400 Gerrard Nominees Limited 620404 295 Gerrard Nominees Limited 621942 465 Gerrard Nominees Limited 622124 800 Gerrard Nominees Limited 627680 380 Gerrard Nominees Limited 631118 2,250 Gerrard Nominees Limited 639353 600 Gerrard Nominees Limited 642367 600 Gerrard Nominees Limited 643975 350 Gerrard Nominees Limited 659442 250 Gerrard Nominees Limited 660318 6,000 Gerrard Nominees Limited 660632 500 Gerrard Nominees Limited 660758 4,000 Gerrard Nominees Limited 660851 2,800 Gerrard Nominees Limited 768557 3,500 Gerrard Nominees Limited 774160 400 Gerrard Nominees Limited 781271 1,200 Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1) 93,960 Greig Middleton Nominees Ltd (GM3) 523475DN 40,000 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 4,511 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 157,714 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 15,327 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 294,595 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,746 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 32,258 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 100,461 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 49,260 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 26,000 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 65,907 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,421,893 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 5,423 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 865,556 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 4,691 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,060,383 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 64,800 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 745,200 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 86,884 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 7,881 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 78,523 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16338 17,486 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 276,323 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 163,164 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16342 37,507 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 90,458 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 151,312 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 2,612,074 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 236,140 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 8,982 JPMorgan Chase Bank 17,020 JPMorgan Chase Bank 21,075 JPMorgan Chase Bank 4,700 JPMorgan Chase Bank 15,084 JPMorgan Chase Bank 37,424 JPMorgan Chase Bank 5,664 JPMorgan Chase Bank 9,938 JPMorgan Chase Bank 2,816 JPMorgan Chase Bank 4,061 JPMorgan Chase Bank 30,099 JPMorgan Chase Bank 2,282 JPMorgan Chase Bank 37,974 JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,003 JPMorgan Chase Bank 14,932 JPMorgan Chase Bank 7,430 JPMorgan Chase Bank 4,566 JPMorgan Chase Bank 2,800 JPMorgan Chase Bank 40,231 JPMorgan Chase Bank 152,929 JPMorgan Chase Bank 28,627 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 25,951 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 335,731 Master Trust Bank 6,393 Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN/ 20,081 Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN/ 99,596 MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 99,701 Mitsubishi Trust International 4,661 Mitsui Asset 4,326 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 118,499 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 147,318 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 30,630 R C Greig Nominees Limited 636,399 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 304,704 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 48,994 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 29,120 R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 37,619 R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 50,880 STATE STREET BANK & TRUST - WI 102,241 STATE STREET BOSTON 145,551 STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA - 93,024 Sumitomo TB 1,808 The Northern Trust Company - U 68,699 Trust & Custody Services Bank 2,784 Trust & Custody Services Bank 355 Total 20,752,760 LEGAL ENTITY REPORT PERSIMMON SEDOL : 0682538 As at 11 May 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 20,752,760 ORD GBP0.10 representing 7.02% of the issued share capital of 295,686,010 units. Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 344,074 .1164 Gerrard Ltd 1,266,466 .4283 Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 134,048 .0453 Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 1,029,821 .3483 Barclays Global Fund Advisors 904,765 .3060 Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd 19,856 .0067 Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 361,682 .1223 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 10,051,045 3.3992 Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking 326,934 .1106 Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 6,163,131 2.0843 Barclays Capital Inc 149,400 .0505 Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 1,538 .0005 Group Holding 20,752,760 7.0184 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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