Holding(s) in Company

Persimmon PLC
12 December 2007


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|TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares                               |
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|                                               |                               |
|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying    |                               |
|issuer of existing shares to which voting      |                               |
|rights are attached:                           |Persimmon Plc                  |
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|                                                                               |
|2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                            |
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|                                                                    |          |
|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                         |   Yes    |
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|                                                                    |          |
|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result|          |
|in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights  |          |
|are attached                                                        |          |
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|                                                                    |          |
|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                    |          |
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|                                                                    |          |
|Other (please specify):                                             |          |
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|                              |                                                |
|3. Full name of person(s)     |                                                |
|subject to notification       |                                                |
|obligation:                   |              Lloyds TSB Group Plc              |                                  
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|                              |               Perry Nominees Ltd               |
|4. Full name of shareholder(s)|              Boltro Nominees Ltd               |
|(if different from 3):        |               Ward Nominees Ltd                |
|                              |         Lloyds Bank (PEP) Nominees Ltd         |
|                              |           State Street Nominees Ltd            |
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|                              |                                                |
|5. Date of transaction (and   |                                                |
|date on which the threshold is|                                                |
|crossed or reached if         |                                                |
|different):                   |               11th December 2007               |
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|                              |                                                |
|6. Date on which issuer       |                                                |
|notified:                     |               12th December 2007               |
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|                              |                                                |
|7. Threshold(s) that is/are   |                                                |
|crossed or reached:           |                   Reached 9%                   |
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|8: Notified Details                                                                  |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                  |
|                                                                                     |
|                                                                                     |
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|Class/type|Situation previous to|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction|
|of shares |the triggering       |                                                    |
|          |transaction          |                                                    |
|If        +----------+----------+----------+--------------------+--------------------+
|possible  |Number of |Number of |Number of |Number of voting    |Percentage of voting|
|use ISIN  |shares    |voting    |shares    |rights              |rights              |
|code      |          |rights    |          +---------+----------+----------+---------+
|          |          |          |          |         |          |          |         |
|          |          |          |          |         |          |          |         |
|          |          |          |          |Direct   |Indirect  |Direct    |Indirect |
+----------+----------+----------+----------+---------+----------+---------++---------+
| 0682538  |26,972,633|26,972,633|27,331,571|         |27,331,571|          |9.103    |
|   Ord    |          |          |          |         |          |          |         |
| GBP0.10  |          |          |          |         |          |          |         |
+----------+----------+----------+----------+---------+----------+----------+---------+

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|B: Financial Instruments                                                        |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                            |
|                                                                                |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+----------------+---------------+
|Type of        |Expiration date|Exercise/      |No. of voting   |Percentage of  |
|financial      |               |conversion     |rights that may |voting rights  |
|instrument     |               |period/date    |be acquired (if |               |
|               |               |               |the instrument  |               |
|               |               |               |exercised/      |               |
|               |               |               |converted)      |               |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+----------------+---------------+
|               |               |               |                |               |
|               |               |               |                |               |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+----------------+---------------+



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|Total (A+B)                                                                 |
|                                                                            |
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|Number of voting rights              |Percentage of voting rights           |
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|             27,331,571              |                9.103                 |
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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or  |
|the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:               |
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|                                                                             |
|144,655 Shares are held by Perry Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of  |
|Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc.      |
|                                                                             |
|43,712 Shares are held by Boltro Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of  |
|Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc.      |
|                                                                             |
|54,462 Shares are held by Ward Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of    |
|Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc.      |
|                                                                             |
|128,542 Shares are held by Lloyds Bank (Pep) Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned    |
|subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB   |
|Group Plc.                                                                   |
|                                                                             |
|26,960,200 Shares are held by State Street Nominees Ltd. Shares are under the|
|control of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned        |
|subsidiary of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Group Ltd, a wholly     |
|owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of  |
|Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc.      |
|                                                                             |
|                                                                             |
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|Proxy Voting:                                                                |
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|10. Name of proxy holder:             |                                      |
|                                      |                                      |
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|11. Number of voting rights proxy     |                                      |
|holder will cease to hold:            |                                      |
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|12. Date on which proxy holder will   |                                      |
|cease to hold voting rights:          |                                      |
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|13. Additional information:           |                                      |
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|14 Contact name:                      |       Central Disclosure Unit        |
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|15. Contact telephone name:           |         [phone]          |
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