Director Shareholding

Persimmon PLC
28 October 2002


Directors' shareholdings

Persimmon plc announces that on 25 October 2002, in lieu of the interim dividend
for the year ended 31 December 2002 of 4.75p per share, payable on the same
date, the following directors and/or their wives and children took up the
following number of Ordinary 10p shares:


Name                                                         Number of Shares

Mr D H Davidson                                                          203*
Mr J White                                                               312*
Mr M H Killoran                                                           599
Ms J Flannigan                                                             33
Mrs D Bryant                                                               12
Mr DGF Thompson                                                            73
Mrs M A M Thompson                                                         31
Miss M H Thompson                                                          21
Miss M H Thompson                                                          21

* These shares are held in a FURB trust

The effective cost per share was £4.52.


The resultant holdings are as follows:
                                                           Number of shares      % of issued share
                                                                                           capital

Mr D H Davidson (and family)                                     17,298,466                  6.18%
Mr J White (and wife)                                               466,957                  0.17%
Mr M H Killoran (and partner)                                        60,888                  0.02%
Mr D G Bryant (and wife)                                            311,398                  0.11%
Mr D G F Thompson (and wife and children)                            20,846                 <0.01%


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