5 April 2011
LTIP AWARDS
Persimmon Plc ("the Company") announces that on 4 April 2011 the following awards of ordinary shares of 10p each were made to executive directors under the Persimmon Long Term Incentive Plan 2007 (the "Plan").
Name Number of shares
M P Farley 291,722
M H Killoran 142,297
J Fairburn 99,601
Under the Plan, the vesting of shares awarded is subject to performance criteria and will not normally take place until 4 April 2014, i.e. three years after the date of award.
As a result of the above, the directors hold options/awards over the following number of ordinary shares granted under the Company's various share schemes:-
Name Number of shares
M P Farley 811,892
M H Killoran 386,018
J Fairburn 266,821
The issued share capital of the Company on 5 April 2011 is 301,176,023 ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares).
G N Francis
Group Company Secretary