Director Shareholding

Persimmon PLC
06 May 2005



Persimmon plc (the 'Company') announces that on 2 May 2005 the following shares
vested under the rules of the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan:-

Name                         Number of shares vesting

J White                      72,062
M P Farley                   55,432
J Millar                     55,432
M H Killoran                 55,432
D G Bryant                   44,346

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            1,266,943                   0.43%
M P Farley           800,620                   0.27%
J Millar             675,767                   0.23%
M H Killoran         370,983                   0.13%
D G Bryant           428,506                   0.15%


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