Annual Financial Report

20 March 2017

Persimmon Plc (the "Company")

Annual Report 2016 and Annual General Meeting

The Company announces that the following documents are today being made available to shareholders:-

1. Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2016;

2. Notice of Annual General Meeting to be held on 27 April 2017 and Explanatory Circular; and

3. Proxy Form for the 2017 Annual General Meeting.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1, a copy of each of the above documents has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Printed copies of the Annual Report 2016 and Notice of Annual General Meeting 2017 are available on request from the Company Secretary, Persimmon Plc, Persimmon House, Fulford, York, YO19 4FE and are also available to view on our Company website at:

corporate.persimmonhomes.com/investors.