Director/PDMR Shareholding

Persimmon PLC
28 February 2007


Director/PDMR Shareholding

Persimmon plc (the 'Company') announces that on 26 February 2007 the following
shares vested under the rules of the Company's executive directors' annual bonus
arrangements:-

Name                 Number of bonus shares vesting

J White                 109,886
M P Farley               59,044
M H Killoran             30,219
D G Bryant                9,840

As a result of the above transactions, the interests of the directors (and their
spouses/partners) in shares of the Company are as follows:-

Name                 Number of shares             Percentage of Issued
                                                        Share Capital
J White               2,059,530                                  0.69%
M P Farley              952,955                                  0.32%
M H Killoran            464,673                                  0.16%
D G Bryant              480,682                                  0.16%



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