Director Shareholding

Persimmon PLC
02 March 2004

Persimmon plc (the 'Company') announces that on 1 March 2004 the following
shares vested under the rules of the Company's executive directors' annual bonus
arrangements:-


Name                  Number of bonus shares vesting

J White                                      101,362
M P Farley                                   62,971
J Millar                                     37,895
M H Killoran                                 29,049
D G Bryant                                   15,965


As a result of these transactions, the interests of the directors in shares of
the Company are as follows:-


Name                      Number of shares                Percentage of Issued
                                                              Share Capital

J White                       1,094,949                            0.39%
M P Farley                    687,799                              0.24%
J Millar                      557,365                              0.20%
M H Killoran                  150,268                              0.05%
D G Bryant                    354,326                              0.12%



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