Director/PDMR Shareholding

Persimmon PLC
03 May 2007

                                  LTIP AWARDS



Persimmon Plc ('the Company') announces that today the following awards of
ordinary shares of 10p each were made to Directors under the Persimmon Long Term
Incentive Plan 2007 ('the Plan') which was approved by shareholders at the
Annual General Meeting on 19 April 2007:-


Name                                            Number of shares
J White                                         91,449
M P Farley                                      91,449
M H Killoran                                    44,609
D G Bryant                                      29,553


Under the Plan, the vesting of shares awarded is subject to performance criteria
and will not normally take place until 2010, i.e. three years after the date of
award.


As a result of the above, the Directors hold options/awards over the following
number of ordinary shares granted under the Company's various share schemes:-


Name                                            Number of shares
J White                                         617,089
M P Farley                                      402,081
M H Killoran                                    319,545
D G Bryant                                      152,971





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