Total Voting Rights

1 September 2014

Persimmon Plc ("the Company") - Voting Rights and Capital

In conformity with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1, we announce that the Company's share capital at 31 August 2014 consisted of 305,864,325 ordinary shares of 10p each. The Company does not hold any shares in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is currently 305,864,325. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in the Company.

G N Francis

Group Company Secretary