Holding(s) in Company

Persimmon PLC
08 September 2006



Letter to: Persimmon PLc
Dated: 7th September 2006

We write to inform you, pursuant to s198 of the Act, that as at the close of
business on 5th September 2006 Lehman Brothers International (Europe) had an
interest in 22,025,351 ordinary shares of Persimmon Plc (the 'Company'). This
represents 7.42% of the outstanding share captial of the Company.

Letter from: Lehman Brothers




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