persimmon plc annual report december 2005
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annual report december 2005
10549 ra 2005 cover  20306  1204  page 1 notice
notice is here
of persimmon plc 
on thursday 20 ap
purposes
1to receive and ad
statements for th
2to declare a fina
to reelect the follo
reelection
3john white
4hamish leslie m
5david thompso
to elect the followi
annual general me
6adam applegart
7nicholas wrigley
8to reappoint kp
conclusion of th
directors to dete
9to approve the d
december 2005
10 to pass the foll
that the compa
market purchase
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provided that
a this authority
which may be ac
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or at the conclus
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was concluded b
would or might b
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by order of the boa
neil francis 
group company s
registered office
persimmon house 
fulford
y ork yo19 4fe
20 march 2006
£180892
average selling price
5 
£5278m
profit from operations
6
£4954m
profit before tax 
6
1184p
basic earnings per share
4
31p
dividend per share
13
01 financial highlights
02 chairman’s statement
07 chief executive’s review
15 financial review
26 board of directors 
30 divisional boards
31 directors’ report
33 statement of directors’
responsibilities
36 remuneration report
43 corporate responsibility
44 corporate governance
47 report of the independent
auditors to the shareholders of
persimmon plc
48 consolidated income statement
49 consolidated balance sheet
50 company balance sheet
51 consolidated cash flow
statement
52 company cash flow statement
53 consolidated statement of
recognised income and expense
54 company statement of
recognised income and expense
55 notes to the financial statements
81 group transition to ifrss
84 company transition to ifrss
86 shareholder information
87 directory
90 persimmon plc directors 
 company information
91 six year record
92 financial calendar
ibc notice of annual general
meeting
10549 ra 2005 cover  20306  1212  page 2 01 persimmon plc annual report 2005 
doing w e ll
persimmon is the uks leading housebuilder
w e built over 12000 homes last year on more than
400 sites this means that we offer the widest choice
of quality new homes in the greatest number of
quality locations throughout the uk w e aim to
provide the highest levels of design construction 
and service so however you live your life youll 
feel more at home with persimmon
profit from operations £m
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Summary:
 01 persimmon plc annual report 2005 
doing w e ll
persimmon is the uks leading housebuilder
w e built over 12000 homes last year on more than
400 sites this means that we offer the widest choice
of quality new homes in the greatest number of
quality locations throughout the uk w e aim to
provide the highest levels of design construction 
and service so however you live your life youll 
feel more at home with persimmon
profit from operations £m
∆