Director Shareholding

Persimmon PLC
06 May 2004



                         DIRECTORS' INTERESTS IN SHARES


'Directors' Shareholdings

Persimmon plc ('the Company') announces that on 5 May 2004 the under-noted
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

M H Killoran       20,000              £2.33           1997 Scheme


As a result of the above, excluding LTIP Awards, Michael Killoran holds options
over 49,433 ordinary shares. The resultant notifiable holding for Mr Killoran is
200,980 shares or 0.07% of the issued share capital of the Company.






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