Director Shareholding

Persimmon PLC
03 December 2003



                         DIRECTORS' INTERESTS IN SHARES



Directors' Shareholdings

Persimmon plc ('the Company') was informed on 1 December 2003 that on that day
the undernoted directors exercised share options granted to them under the
Company's SAYE scheme. Details are set out below:

Name                                       No. of shares        Exercise Price

D H Davidson                               5,711                £1.696

J White                                    1,142                £1.696

J Millar                                   5,711                £1.696

Excluding LTIP Awards, as a result of the above, Mr J White holds options over
206,249 ordinary shares and Mr J Millar holds options over 2,115 ordinary
shares.

Following these transactions Mr Davidson (and his family) have a beneficial
interest in 16,612,032 shares of the company, representing 5.85% of the issued
share capital; Mr White has a beneficial interest in 828,587 shares of the
company, representing 0.29% of the issued share capital and Mr Millar has a
beneficial interest in 519,470 shares of the company, representing 0.18% of the
issued share capital.










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