Holding(s) in Company

Persimmon PLC
06 April 2006

Letter to: Persimmon Plc
Dated: 05 April 2006

NOTIFICATION UNDER PART VI OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985 (AS AMENDED BY THE 
COMPANIES ACT 1989)

This notification is made on behalf of Lloyds TSB Group Plc and its 
subsidiaries.

I write to advise you that Lloyds TSB Group Plc, is interested in 9,016,414
shares, which we understand represents 3.062% of the relevant share capital,
and constitutes a notifiable interest for the purpose of part VI of the 
Companies Act 1985.  This is calculated on an issued share capital of 
294,505,083 shares.

Subsidiary                                    Shares     Percentage

Lloyds TSB Private Banking                   109,715         0.037%

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership     8,906,699         3.024%

Contact:  Matthew Shircore
          Tel: [phone]

Letter from: Lloyds TSB Group PLC



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