26 March 2015

Directors' Shareholdings

Persimmon plc (the "Company") announces that on 25 March 2015 it was informed that on the same day the following Executive Directors sold ordinary shares in the Company as set out below:

Name

Number of Ordinary Shares

Average Price

Jeff Fairburn

10,135

£16.9449

Mike Killoran

10,370

£16.9449

Nigel Greenaway

2,920

£16.9449

David Jenkinson

108

£16.9449

The directors sold these shares to settle tax liabilities on their recent exercise of share options.

The Company also announces that it was notified today that on 23 March 2015 David Jenkinson, North Division Chief Executive transferred 863 of his ordinary shares in the Company to an ISA. The transfer was made following the exercise of a Sharesave option which has previously been announced.

As a result of these transactions, the Executive Directors beneficial holdings (including interests of each Executive Directors' connected persons) in ordinary shares are as follows:

Name

Beneficial

Holding

Percentage of issued share capital

Jeff Fairburn

153,427

0.05%

Mike Killoran

650,284

0.21%

Nigel Greenaway

66,688

0.02%

David Jenkinson

33,031

0.01%

Jeff Fairburn and Mike Killoran also each have a non-beneficial interest in 48,360 and 64,022 shares respectively.

The issued share capital of the Company on 26 March 2015 was 306,537,235 ordinary shares.

G N Francis

Group Company Secretary


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