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Persimmon PLC 11 September 2006 Letter to Persimmon PLC 8 September 2006 Companies Act 1985 ('The Act') - Part VI I hereby inform you that as at 5 September 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed on the attached schedule, has a notifiable interest in the capital of your Company of 13.85%. 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 296,782,633 is the latest figure available to us. Letter from Geoff Smith Barclays PLC LEGAL ENTITY REPORT PERSIMMON SEDOL: 0682538 As at 06 September 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 41,104,913 ORD GBP0.10 representing 13.85 % of the issued share capital of 296,782,633 units. Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 1,538 .0005 Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 314,414 .1059 Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 9,430,898 3.1776 Woolwich Unit Trust Managers Ltd 358,582 .1208 Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking 332,175 .1119 Barclays Bank PLC 180,857 .0609 Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 5,066,209 1.7070 Barclays Capital Inc 6,291,013 2.1197 Barclays Private Bank Ltd 5,655 .0019 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 9,598,309 3.2334 Barclays Global Fund Advisors 972,394 .3276 Gerrard Ltd 1,171,958 .3949 Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 821 .0003 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 5,626,776 1.8959 Barclays Bank France SA 1,330 .0004 Gerrard Ltd 366,515 .1235 Barclays Bank PLC 68,964 .0232 Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd 20,878 .0070 Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 1,028,752 .3466 Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 268,875 .0906 Group Holding 41,104,913 13.8496 REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT PERSIMMON SEDOL: 0682538 As at 06 September 2006 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 41,104,913 ORD GBP0.10 representing 13.85 % of the issued share capital of 296,782,633 units. Registered Holder Account Designation Holding BANK OF IRELAND 1472368 119,705 BANK OF IRELAND 2173520 269,237 BANK OF IRELAND 258227 128,430 BANK OF IRELAND 4239749 199,190 BANK OF IRELAND 4240060 4,278 BANK OF IRELAND 427057 42,120 Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited CREST ID. 11X13 68,964 Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited CREST ID. 11X13 180,857 BANK OF NEW YORK 20,026 BANK OF NEW YORK 210405 118,313 BANK OF NEW YORK 221428 97,511 BANK OF NEW YORK 367748 211,765 BANK OF NEW YORK 392067 240,063 BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 75,246 BARCLAYS BANK FRANCE SA - CLIENTS 4R71023801010 1,330 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 9,080,683 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 350,215 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 6,291,013 Barclays Global Investors Canada 20,878 Barclays Noms Monument R97 C 000000000000000000 821 Barclays Trust Co R69 C 000000000000000000 1,538 BNP PARIBAS 39,521 BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 15,755 BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 387173 129,613 BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD 501577191 3,683 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 143,085 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16669 40,764 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19518 40,100 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19519 253,937 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19520 52,708 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 6,771,520 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 201,581 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 103,832 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27793 16,797 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27797 33,480 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27800 94,279 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 119,527 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 95,521 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 105,211 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 35506 10,587 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 35950 4,408 CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 29,962 CITIBANK 195433 46,980 CITIBANK 6010064440 17,778 CITIBANK 6010640794 75,599 CITIBANK 6010782807 74,846 CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MANAGEMENT 083587 24,051 DEUTSCHE BANK LONDON 8002041 3,029 Gerrard Nominees Limited 610720 400 Gerrard Nominees Limited 620404 295 Gerrard Nominees Limited 621942 465 Gerrard Nominees Limited 622124 800 Gerrard Nominees Limited 643975 350 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 4,400 Gerrard Nominees Limited 774160 400 Gerrard Nominees Limited 781271 1,200 Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1) 87,160 Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1) 27,700 Greig Middleton Nominees Ltd (GM3) 523475DN 40,000 HSBC 813168 135,847 HSBC 845315 11,083 IBT 91262 72,576 IBT 91282 60,037 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 74,520 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 7,881 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 86,167 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 781,425 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 22,401 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 30,041 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 645,762 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 4,691 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 26,000 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 100,438 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 4,511 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,197 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 292,124 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 177,926 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 47,881 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 52,203 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,351,363 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,500,213 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 5,991 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16256 7,341 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16267 1,655 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16268 8,986 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 73,930 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16338 17,486 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 277,697 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 163,031 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16342 37,507 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 91,172 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 152,881 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 2,253,870 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16612 50,978 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16901 15,071 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 17998 13,985 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 226,253 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19514 11,837 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27803 1,117 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 767,002 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 29514 128,129 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 38245 33,726 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 39515 10,634 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 39525 6,419 JPM FRANKFURT 39746 4,906 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 24,672 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 244,203 JPMorgan Chase Bank 38,353 JPMorgan Chase Bank 91,446 JPMorgan Chase Bank 8,996 JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,444 JPMorgan Chase Bank 9,986 JPMorgan Chase Bank 17,015 JPMorgan Chase Bank 43,294 JPMorgan Chase Bank 75,834 JPMorgan Chase Bank 2,816 JPMorgan Chase Bank 152,161 JPMorgan Chase Bank 27,640 JPMorgan Chase Bank 7,341 JPMorgan Chase Bank 7,190 JPMorgan Chase Bank 14,592 JPMorgan Chase Bank 7,430 JPMorgan Chase Bank 2,800 JPMorgan Chase Bank 2,282 JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,655 JPMorgan Chase Bank 30,044 JPMorgan Chase Bank 38,107 JPMorgan Chase Bank 40,933 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 9,202 KAS ASSOCIATES 3507261 2,654 Master Trust Bank 10,090 MELLON DIRF0100002 22,878 MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 354,441 MELLON BANK TGGF0003002 31,148 Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN/ 11,026 Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN/ 67,422 MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 40,440 MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 381,581 Mitsubishi Trust International 7,277 Mitsui Asset 4,724 NORDEA BANK 213922 11,186 NORTHERN TRUST CVS21 200,512 NORTHERN TRUST IPE01 5,138 NORTHERN TRUST NER05 2,721 NORTHERN TRUST SCO06 87,986 NORTHERN TRUST TNF01 58,523 NORTHERN TRUST TRG01 11,735 NORTHERN TRUST UKE01 182,136 NORTHERN TRUST USF12 362,882 NORTHERN TRUST BANK = BGI SEPA 76,259 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 101,248 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 22,101 R C Greig Nominees Limited 586,478 R C Greig Nominees Limited 216,621 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 287,643 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 51,015 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 43,129 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 6,973 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 25,535 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 9,910 R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 34,169 R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 34,619 R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 46,234 R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 19,677 STATE STREET 2RJ2 28,286 STATE STREET JD12 142,315 STATE STREET JFBL 77,804 STATE STREET N3B3 581 STATE STREET N3B6 6,211 STATE STREET N3YL 511 STATE STREET N3YZ 2,139 STATE STREET NE5W 5,881 STATE STREET X346 1,880 STATE STREET BANK & TRUST - WI 73,079 STATE STREET BOSTON 72,576 STATE STREET BOSTON 145,219 STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA - 68,628 The Northern Trust Company - U 48,159 Trust & Custody Services Bank 355 Trust & Custody Services Bank 2,784 UBS 370607.S1 9,595 ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 5,655 Group Holding 41,104,913 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange LFVRALILLIR

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