6 April 2009
Directors' Share Transactions
Persimmon plc (the 'Company') announces that on 6 April 2009 it was informed that on 3 April 2009 David Bryant, executive Director sold 1,850 shares in the Company at an average price of £3.94 per share and on the same day purchased 1,850 shares into an ISA at an average price of £3.962.
David Bryant also informed the Company that on 3 April 2009, his wife Daryl Bryant sold 2,040 shares in the Company at an average price of £4.00¼ per share and on the same day Mrs Bryant purchased 2,040 shares into an ISA at an average price of £4.01 per share.
As a result of these transactions David Bryant and his wife remain interested in 524,778 shares or 0.17% of the issued share capital of the Company (excluding Treasury Shares).
The issued share capital of the Company on 6 April 2009 (excluding shares held in Treasury) was 300,187,875 ordinary shares.