Persimmon PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Oct 30, 2013

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RNS Number : 7904R

Persimmon PLC

30 October 2013

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: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 the notification obligation:iii		BlackRock, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if differentfrom 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:v		28th October 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:		30th October 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Holding has gone above 5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction						Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares			Number of Voting Rights			Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% 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 financial instrument			Expiration datexiii		Exercise/ Conversion Periodxiv					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instrumentsxv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		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 the financial 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 cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:	BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team
14. Contact name:	Duncan Murray
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7743 3334

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