Director/PDMR Shareholding

Persimmon PLC
24 October 2005


Directors' shareholdings

Scrip Dividend

Persimmon plc announces that the following directors/persons discharging
managerial responsibilities and/or their wives and family took up the following
number of Ordinary 10p shares in lieu of the interim dividend of 12.0p per share
for the year ending 31 December 2005, payable on 21 October 2005. The effective
cost per share was 822.7p.

Name                                 Number of Shares
Mr D H Davidson                         727 *
Mr J Millar                             6,616
Mrs D Millar                            2,447
M H Killoran                            5,270 *
Ms J Flanigan (partner of M H Killoran) 67
Mrs D Bryant                            18
Mr D G F Thompson                       423**
Mrs M A M Thompson                      46
Miss M H Thompson                       31
Mr D Thornton                           526

* Of the above figures, 727 of Mr Davidson's shares and 321 of Mr Killoran's
shares are held in FURB trusts.
**Of these shares 91 are non-beneficial

The resultant beneficial holdings of the directors/persons discharging
managerial responsibilities following these transactions are as follows:

                        Number of                     % of issued
Name                    Shares                        share capital

Mr D H Davidson         16,176,260                     5.49%
Mr J Millar             684,830                        0.23%
Mr M H Killoran         376,320                        0.13%
Mr D G Bryant           428,524                        0.15%
Mr D G F Thompson       30,007                         0.01%
Mr D Thornton           36,561                         0.01%

Mr DGF Thompson also has a non-beneficial interest of 11,582 ordinary shares.




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