Director Shareholding

Persimmon PLC
25 April 2005


Directors' shareholdings

Persimmon plc ('the Company') announces that on 22 April 2005 it was informed
that on that day the following Directors and/or their wives/partners or children
took up the following number of ordinary shares in lieu of the final dividend of
18.4p per share for the year ended 31 December 2004, payable on the same date.

Mr D H Davidson                                 1,198
Mr M H Killoran                                 7,312
Ms J Flanigan (partner of M H Killoran)           200
Mr J Millar                                    10,875
Mrs D Millar                                    4,035
Mrs D Bryant                                       31
Mr D G Thompson                                   426
Mrs M Thompson                                     76
Miss P M F Thompson                                50
Miss M H Thompson                                  50

Of the above figures, 1,198 of Mr Davidson's shares and 528 of Mr Killoran's
shares are held in FURB trusts. The effective cost per share was £7.466

The resultant beneficial holdings are as follows:

                   Number of shares         % of issued share capital
Mr D H Davidson          16,425,533                              5.63
Mr M H Killoran             315,551                              0.11
Mr J Millar                 620,335                              0.21
Mr D G Bryant               378,205                              0.13
Mr D G Thompson              31,770                              0.01




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