Director Shareholding

Persimmon PLC
16 March 2005


                                  SCHEDULE 11
          NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS
AVS NO

All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.
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   1.  Name of company                     2.  Name of director
       PERSIMMON PLC                           J. WHITE
                                               M.P. FARLEY
                                               M.H. KILLORAN
                                               D.G. BRYANT
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   3.  Please state whether notification   4.  Name of the registered holder(s) and, if
       indicates that it is in respect of      more than one holder, the number of
       holding of the shareholder named        shares held by each of them (if
       in 2 above or in respect of a           notified)
       non-beneficial interest or in the
       case of an individual holder if it
       is a holding of that person's
       spouse or children under the age
       of 18 or in respect of an
       non-beneficial interest
       AS 2 ABOVE
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   5.  Please state whether notification   6.  Please state the nature of the
  ---- relates to a person(s) connected   ---- transaction. For PEP transactions please
       with the director named in 2 above      indicate whether general/single
       and identify the connected person       co PEP and if discretionary/non
       (s)                                     discretionary /non discretionary
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   7.  Number of       8.  Percentage of   9.  Number of shares 10.  Percentage of
       shares/amount       issued class        /amount of stock      issued class
       of stock                                disposed
       acquired
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  11.  Class of       12.  Price per       13.  Date of         14.  Date company
  ---- security       ---- share           ---- transaction          informed
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  15.  Total holding following this        16.  Total percentage holding of issued
       notification                             class following this notification
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If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the following
boxes.
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  17.  Date of grant                      18.  Period during which or date on which
                                               exercisable
       15 MARCH 2005                           March TO SePTEMBER 2008
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  19.  Total amount paid (if any) for     20.  Description of shares or debentures
       grant of the option                     involved: class, number
       NIL                                     J.WHITE Ordinary 57,602
                                               M.P.FARLEY Ordinary 42,866
                                               M.H.KILLORAN Ordinary 42,866
                                               D.G.BRYANT Ordinary 31,480
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  21.  Exercise price (if fixed at time   22.  Total number of shares or debentures
       of grant) or indication that price      over which options held following this
       is to be fixed at time of               notification
       exercise
                                  746.5P       J.WHITE 272,917
                                               M.P.FARLEY 235,313
                                               M.H.KILLORAN 207,117
                                               D.G.BRYANT 163,241
                                               Figures in box 22 include LTIPs and
                                               options granted under other share
                                               schemes.
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  23.  Any additional information         24.  Name of contact and telephone number for
                                               queries
       2005 awards under the persimmon         Miss T.DAVISON 01904 642199
       plc long term incentive plan
       1998
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  25.  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this
       notification
       G N Francis
Date of notification 16 March 2005
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