5 April 2017

Persimmon Plc (the 'Company')

Director/PDMR Shareholding

The Company announces that on 4 April 2017, Nigel Mills, Non-Executive Director bought 716 shares in the Company at an average price of £20.88 for his ISA. As a result of this transaction Nigel Mills is interested in 716shares or 0.0002% of the issued share capital of the Company.

The below notification, made in accordance with the requirements of article 19.3 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, gives further details:

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Nigel Mills

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Non-Executive Director

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Persimmon Plc

b)

LEI

213800XI72Y57UWN6F31

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Ordinary shares of 10p each

Identification code

GB0006825383

b)

Nature of the transaction

Purchase of shares

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£20.8775

716

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

716

- Price

£20.8775

e)

Date of the transaction

04/04/2017

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange (XLON); Main Market

Tracy Davison

Company Secretary

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