Director/PDMR Shareholding

Persimmon PLC
10 March 2006



Directors' Shareholdings

On 9 March 2006, Persimmon plc (the 'Company') was informed that on that day
Persimmon (Share Scheme Trustees) Limited had purchased 70,000 ordinary shares
in the Company at an average price of 1339.14p. The shares were purchased in
respect of conditional awards for Executive Directors under existing bonus
arrangements.

The Company announces that on 10 March 2006 the following awards of ordinary
shares of 10p each were made to Directors under the Long Term Incentive Plan
(the 'Plan').

Name                   Number of Shares

John White             32,306
Michael Farley         24,042
Michael Killoran       24,042
David Bryant           17,655

Under the Plan, the vesting of shares awarded is subject to performance criteria
and will not normally take place until 2009, i.e. three years after the date of
the award.

As previously approved by shareholders at the Extraordinary General Meeting on 6
January 2006, the Company also announces that the following awards of ordinary
shares of 10p each were made to Directors on 10 March 2006 under the Persimmon
2006 Executive Synergy Incentive Plan (the 'SIPP')

Name                     Number of Shares

John White               375,000
Michael Farley           200,000
Michael Killoran         162,500
David Bryant             37,500

Under the SIPP, the vesting of these shares is subject to performance criteria.
The shares will vest in two tranches, up to 25% of an award will vest in March
2009 and up to 75% of an award will vest in March 2010.

As a result of the above the Directors hold awards over the following shares in
respect of the Plan and the SIPP:

Name                     Number of Shares

John White                 606,295
Michael Farley             373,923
Michael Killoran           336,423
David Bryant               172,246




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