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Persimmon PLC Director's Dealing 2026
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RNS Number : 9512X
Persimmon PLC
24 March 2026
24 March 2026
Persimmon Plc (the "Company")
Director/PDMR Shareholding
Persimmon Plc announces that on 23 March 2026 an award was granted to each of Dean Finch, Group Chief Executive, and Andrew Duxbury, Chief Financial Officer, over 142,465 and 93,476 shares respectively, under the Persimmon 2017 Performance Share Plan. The three-year performance period will run from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2028 and there is a further two-year holding period before the shares can be released to the Executive Directors.
Also on 23 March 2026 Dean Finch acquired 10,698 shares in the Company following the vesting of his 2021 Performance Share Plan award and 49,488 shares following the vesting of his 2022 Deferred Bonus Plan award, granted in 2023. He subsequently sold 28,331 of those shares to satisfy the tax liability arising on the exercise of his awards. The number of shares acquired includes shares awarded for dividend equivalents between the date of grant and date of vesting.
The below notification, made in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation, gives further details:
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||
| a) | Name | Dean Finch | |||
| 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 | ||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 10p each | |||
| Identification code | GB0006825383 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of award made under the 2017 Performance Share Plan subject to performance criteria. |
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| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
| Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
| Nil | 142,465 | ||||
| d) | Aggregated information | ||||
| - Aggregated volume | N/A Single transaction | ||||
| - Price | N/A Single transaction | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 23 March 2026 | |||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||
| a) | Name | Andrew Duxbury | |||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer | |||
| 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 | ||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 10p each | |||
| Identification code | GB0006825383 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of award made under the 2017 Performance Share Plan subject to performance criteria. |
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| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
| Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
| Nil | 93,476 | ||||
| d) | Aggregated information | ||||
| - Aggregated volume | N/A Single transaction | ||||
| - Price | N/A Single transaction | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 23 March 2026 | |||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Dean Finch | ||||
| 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 following the exercise of an option under the Persimmon 2017 Performance Share Plan granted in 2021. | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | |||||
| Price(s) | Volume(s) | |||||
| Nil | 10,698 | |||||
| d) | Aggregated information | |||||
| - Aggregated volume | N/A Single transaction | |||||
| - Price | N/A Single transaction | |||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 23 March 2026 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
| Transaction 2 | ||||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 10p each GB0006825383 |
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| b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition of shares following the exercise of an option under the Persimmon 2020 Deferred Bonus Plan granted in 2023. | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | |||||
| Price(s) | Volume(s) | |||||
| Nil | 49,488 | |||||
| d) | Aggregated information | |||||
| - Aggregated volume | N/A Single transaction | |||||
| - Price | N/A Single transaction | |||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 23 March 2026 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
| Transaction 3 | ||||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 10p each GB0006825383 |
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| b) | Nature of the transaction | Sale of shares to settle tax liability on exercise of share awards. | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | |||||
| Price(s) | Volume(s) | |||||
| £11.65 | 28,331 | |||||
| d) | Aggregated information | |||||
| - Aggregated volume | N/A Single transaction | |||||
| - Price | N/A Single transaction | |||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 23 March 2026 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON); Main Market | ||||
Tracy Davison
Company Secretary
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