Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5729R

Cropper(James) PLC

22 September 2017

James Cropper plc

(the "Company")

Director Dealing

The Company was notified on 21 September 2017 that on the same day, Mark Cropper, a Director of the Company, bought 11,710 ordinary shares of 25p each in the Company ("Shares") from members of the Cropper family at a price of 1905.0p per Share.

The members of the Cropper family and Mark Cropper are deemed to be acting in concert and regarded by the Takeover Panel to be members of the concert party detailed in the Company's circular to shareholders dated 30 June 2015 (the "Concert Party").

As a result, Mark Cropper's interest in the Company is as follows:

Director	Beneficial Shareholding	% of Issued Share Capital	Non-beneficial Shareholding	% of Issued Share Capital
Mark Cropper	1,283,904*	13.5%	559,571	5.9%

* Includes 486,924 Shares pledged as security.

The total interest of the Concert Party, directly and indirectly remains unchanged at 3,617,642 Shares, which represents 38.2% of the Issued share capital of the Company.

Enquiries:

James Cropper PLC (Aim:CRPR)

Isabelle Maddock, Group Finance Director

Jim Aldridge, Company Secretary

Tel: +44 (0) 1539 722002

www.cropper.com

Stockdale Securities Limited

Robert Finlay, David Coaten

Tel: + 44 (0) 207 601 6100

www.stockdalesecurities.com