Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

Persimmon PLC
29 March 2000

Persimmon plc ('the Company') announces that it has been notified that  on  27
March  2000  the following awards were made to directors under the  Long  Term
Incentive  Plan (the 'Plan') which was approved by shareholders  on  22  April
1998.

Awards of ordinary shares of 10p each were made under the Plan as follows:

Name                                      Number of shares
D H Davidson                                        30,000
J White                                             70,000
M J Allen                                           30,000
D G Bryant                                          30,000
M P Farley                                          40,000
J Millar                                            40,000
G Grewer                                            20,000
M H Killoran                                        37,000

Under  the Plan, release of shares awarded are subject to performance criteria
and  will not normally take place until 2003, i.e. three years after the  date
of the award.