Treasury Stock

12 December 2011

Persimmon Plc ("the Company") - Transfer of Shares held in Treasury

Persimmon Plc announces that on 12 December 2011 it transferred 75,526 Ordinary Shares held in Treasury to participants in the Persimmon Plc Savings Related Share Option Scheme 1998 to satisfy the exercise of options at £3.24, £3.26 and £4.00. On the same day 556 Ordinary Shares held in Treasury were transferred to a participant in the Persimmon Plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2007 to satisfy the exercise of a nil cost option.

Following this transfer the Company holds 473,423 Ordinary Shares of 10p each in Treasury and the Company's issued share capital is 302,118,008 Ordinary Shares (excluding Treasury Shares).