Director Shareholding

Persimmon PLC
22 October 2004



Directors' shareholdings

Scrip Dividend

Persimmon plc announces that the following directors and/or their wives and
family took up the following number of Ordinary 10p shares in lieu of the
interim dividend of 9.1p per share for the year ending 31 December 2004, payable
on 22 October 2004. The effective cost per share was 674.3p.



     Name                                         Number of Shares

     Mr D H Davidson                                    564 *
     Mr M H Killoran                                  2,592
     Ms J Flanigan (partner of M H Killoran)            108
     Mrs D Bryant (wife of D G Bryant)                   16
     Mr D G F Thompson                                  309**
     Mrs M A M Thompson                                  40
     Miss M H Thompson                                   27
     Miss P M F Thompson                                 27

*These shares are held in a FURB trust.
**Of these shares 81 are non-beneficial

The resultant beneficial holdings following these transactions are as follows:

                                      Number of            % of issued
     Name                                Shares          share capital

     Mr D H Davidson                 16,649,335                  5.78%
     Mr M H Killoran                    223,680                  0.08%
     Mr D G Bryant                      374,361                  0.13%
     Mr D G F Thompson                   31,114                  0.01%

Mr DGF Thompson also has a non-beneficial interest of 11,143 ordinary shares.

SAYE Scheme

On 21 October 2004 the following directors were granted options under the
Persimmon plc 1998 SAYE scheme. The options will be exercisable from 1 December
2007 to 31 May 2008. Details are set out below:

                              Number of
     Name                       Options              Option Price

     Mr J White                   1,442                      525p
     Mr M H Killoran              1,804                      525p
     Mr D G Bryant                1,804                      525p

John White now holds options over 4,916 shares, Mike Killoran holds options over
31,237 shares and David Bryant holds options over 5,617 shares; all figures
exclude LTIP awards.






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