Director/PDMR Shareholding

Cropper(James) PLC
06 February 2008



6 February 2008

Director's Shareholdings

James Cropper PLC ('James Cropper' or the 'Company)


Acquisition of Shares by the James Cropper Employee Trust
The Company announces that it received notification today that on 6 February 
2008 James Cropper EBT Limited, trustees of the James Cropper Employee Trust, 
acquired 160,000 ordinary shares of 25 pence in the Company at an average of 230 
pence per share. This was to satisfy future releases under the James Cropper plc
2008 Long Term Incentive Plan in which the participants, including executive 
directors, have a potential interest subject to the achievement of performance 
targets.

James Cropper EBT Limited is now interested in 160,000 ordinary shares of 25 
pence each, which represents 1.88% of the issued share capital of the Company.

The Directors of James Cropper EBT Limited include the following non-executive 
directors of the Company: James Cropper, Mark Cropper, Peter Herring and David 
Wilks.

As a result of the transaction their beneficial and non-beneficial interests in 
the Company are as follows:

                                         No. of shares             Percentage
James Cropper
Beneficial                               467,337                   5.52%
Non-beneficial                           694,129                   8.19%

Mark Cropper
Beneficial                               979,113                   11.56%
Non-beneficial                           160,000                   1.88%


Peter Herring
Beneficial                               1,000                     0.01%
Non-beneficial                           160,000                   1.88%


David Wilks
Beneficial                                 1,000                   0.01%
Non-beneficial                           160,000                   1.88%


Further information contact:

Brewin Dolphin Investment Banking
Andrew Kitchingman: 0845 270 8610

James Cropper plc
John Denman: 01539 722 002




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