Director Shareholding

Persimmon PLC
11 March 2002

                         DIRECTORS' INTERESTS IN SHARES


'Directors' Shareholdings


Persimmon plc ('the Company') announces that on 11 March 2002 the undernoted
director exercised a share option granted to him under the Company's Executive
Share Option scheme. Details are set out below:



Name                No. of options        Exercise price      Scheme

J White             53,108                £2.27               1988 Scheme



As a result of the above, excluding LTIP Awards, John White holds options over
281,319 ordinary shares and Mr White (and his wife) are interested in 361,073
ordinary shares of the company.'




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