11 May 2009 16:01
11 May 2009
Persimmon Plc ("the Company") - Transfer of Shares held in Treasury
Persimmon Plc announces that on 11 May 2009 it transferred 383 Ordinary Shares held in Treasury to a participant in the Persimmon Plc Savings Related Share Option Scheme 1998 to satisfy the exercise of an option at a price of £3.26.
Following this transfer the Company holds 2,155,928 Ordinary Shares of 10p each in Treasury and the Company's issued share capital is 300,435,503 Ordinary Shares (excluding Treasury Shares).