Holding(s) in Company

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached:ii

Persimmon PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

x

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in theacquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

x

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation:iii

BlackRock, Inc.

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if differentfrom 3.):iv

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached:v

28th October 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:

30th October 2013

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

Holding has gone above 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rightsx

Direct

Directxi

Indirectxii

Direct

Indirect

GB0006825383

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

14,343,928

N/A

4.72%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdatexiii

Exercise/Conversion Periodxiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instrumentsxv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration datexvii

Exercise/Conversion periodxviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rightsxix, xx

CFD

869,408

Nominal

Delta

0.29%

0.29%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

15,213,336

5.00%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:xxi

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 15,213,336(5.00%)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:

13. Additional information:

BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team

14. Contact name:

Duncan Murray

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7743 3334