Director/PDMR Shareholding

Persimmon PLC
20 October 2006


Directors' shareholdings

Scrip Dividend

Persimmon plc announces that the following directors/persons discharging
managerial responsibilities and/or their wives and family took up the following
number of Ordinary 10p shares in lieu of the interim dividend of 13.8p per share
for the year ending 31 December 2006, payable on 20 October 2006. The effective
cost per share was £12.56

Name                                                   Number of Shares

Mr A Applegarth                                             39
M H Killoran                                             4,834*
Ms J Flanigan (partner of M H Killoran)                     51
Mrs D Bryant                                                14
Mr D G F Thompson                                          330**
Mrs M A M Thompson                                          36
Miss M H Thompson                                           24
Mr D Thornton                                              407

* Of the above figures, 248 of Mr Killoran's shares are held in FURB trusts.
**Of these shares 130 are non-beneficial

The resultant beneficial holdings of the directors/persons discharging
managerial responsibilities following these transactions are as follows:

Name                             Number of Shares   % of issued share capital

Mr A Applegarth                             3,642          0.001%
Mr M H Killoran & Ms J Flanigan           455,284           0.15%
Mr & Mrs D G Bryant                       470,842           0.16%
Mr & Mrs D G F Thompson &
family                                     30,596           0.01%
Mr D Thornton                              38,558           0.01%

Mr DGF Thompson also has a non-beneficial interest of 11,876 ordinary shares.




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