Director/PDMR Shareholding

2 March 2015

Directors' Shareholdings

Persimmon plc ("the Company") announces that on 2 March 2015 it was informed that on that same day David Jenkinson, North Division Chief Executive exercised the following option to purchase shares under the Persimmon Plc Savings Related Share Option Scheme 1998.

Name Number of Shares acquired Exercise Price

Dave Jenkinson 986 £3.65

As a result of this transaction, David Jenkinson's holding in the Company increased to 32,920 shares or 0.01% of the issued share capital of the Company.

The issued share capital of the Company on 2 March 2015 is 306,513,347 ordinary shares.