Director Shareholding

Persimmon PLC
4 December 2000


Persimmon plc

Directors Shareholdings

Persimmon plc ('the Company') announces that on 1 December the undernoted
director exercised a share option granted to him under the Company's 1987 SAYE
scheme.  Details are set out below:

Name            No.of Shares        Exercise Price

John Millar       4,020              £1.94

As a result Mr John Millar (and his wife) are interested in 336,858 ordinary
shares of the Company (0.18% of the issued share capital).