Holding(s) in Company

Persimmon PLC
02 October 2006


Letter to Persimmon House dated 28 September 2006



Companies Act 1985(as amended): 
Disclosure of Interests in Shares

In accordance with Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended) (the 'Act'), 
we write to inform you that Prudential plc and certain of its subsidiary 
companies have a notifiable interest in the issued share capital of your company 
as detailed in the attached schedule.

For the purposes of S210 of the Act, the address for those companies identified 
in the attached schedule is Laurence Pountney Hill London EC4R 0HH.

From Prudential PLC

           Notifiable Position Report for PERSIMMON ORD GBPO.10
                        as at 27 September 2006

 
Percentage holdings are calculated using an issued share capital of 296,783,000
ORD GBPO.10 shares
 
                Registered Holder                   Holding    %
Prudential PLC                                   14,431,922   4.86   Total Notifiable Interest
                MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK)SALI           40,684
                PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC   13,529,194
                PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC      700,450
                PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) NQRF AC      18,747
                PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) MNBF AC      29,369
                PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PENH AC     113,478

The Prudential Assurance Company Limited         14,270,328   4.80
                MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI          40,684      
                PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC   13,529,194
                PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC      700,450


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