Director Shareholding

Persimmon PLC
15 April 2004


Persimmon plc (the 'Company') announces that on 14 April 2004 the following
shares vested under the rules of the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan:-

                                                               Number of
Name                                                     shares vesting

D H Davidson                                                    36,000
J White                                                         44,000
M P Farley                                                      33,000
J Millar                                                        33,000
M H Killoran                                                    28,000
D G Bryant                                                      20,000

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

Name                             No. of shares             Percentage of
                                                            Issued Share
                                                               Capital

D H Davidson                        16,648,032                    5.86%
J White                              1,138,949                    0.40%
M P Farley                             720,799                    0.25%
J Millar                               586,015                    0.21%
M H Killoran                           178,268                    0.06%
D G Bryant                             374,326                    0.13%


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