Persimmon : Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 2798Q

Persimmon PLC

17 October 2019

17 October 2019

Persimmon Plc (the 'Company')

Director/PDMR Shareholding

On 15 October 2019, Dave Jenkinson, Group Chief Executive, exercised an award under the Company's 2012 Long Term Incentive Plan ('2012 LTIP').

Dave Jenkinson received 217,874 shares, net of income tax and national insurance liabilities.

Dave Jenkinson has not sold any of the shares received.

Under the rules of the 2012 LTIP Dave Jenkinson is required to hold 50% of the shares received for at least twelve months. Consequently, Dave Jenkinson will hold a minimum of 108,937 of these shares until at least 15 October 2020.

Following this transaction the total interests in the Company of Dave Jenkinson and his Closely Associated Persons have increased to 781,124 shares.

The below notification, made in accordance with the requirements of article 19.3 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, give further details:

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Dave Jenkinson
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Group Chief Executive
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Persimmon Plc
b)	LEI	213800XI72Y57UWN6F31
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
	Transaction 1
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares of 10p each
Identification code	GB0006825383
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of shares pursuant to the exercise of an option under the Persimmon Plc 2012 Long Term Incentive Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
		Price(s)	Volume(s)
		Nil	411,084
d)	Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume	N/A Single transaction
- Price	N/A Single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	15/10/2019
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a main market
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
	Transaction 2
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares of 10p each
Identification code	GB0006825383
b)	Nature of the transaction	Transfer to the company's employee benefit trust of shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an option under the 2012 LTIP in satisfaction of the tax liability arising on the exercise.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
		Price(s)	Volume(s)
		£23.80	193,210
d)	Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume	N/A Single transaction
- Price	N/A Single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	15/10/2019
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside of a main market

Tracy Davison

Company Secretary

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