Director/PDMR Shareholding

Persimmon PLC
24 August 2006


Directors' shareholdings

Persimmon plc (the 'Company') announces that on 23 August 2006 Mr David Bryant,
a director exercised a share option granted to him under the Company's Long Term
Incentive Plan. Details are set out below:

Name                 Number of shares

D Bryant             50,632

As a result of this transaction, Mr Bryant's interest in shares of the Company
is as follows:-

Name                 Number of shares         Percentage of Issued
                                              Share Capital

D Bryant             491,460                  0.17%




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