Director Shareholding

2 September 2004

                                  Lawrence plc

                             Director's Shareholding

Lawrence  plc ("Lawrence" or the "Company") was notified on 3 August  2004  that
Mike  Brent,  Managing Director of Lawrence plc had on that  same  day  acquired
60,000  Lawrence ordinary shares at a price of 33.3 pence per share as a  result
of the exercise of options granted to him on 6 January 1995.

Accordingly,  application has been made for 60,000 new  ordinary  shares  to  be
admitted  to  trading  on  the  Alternative Investment  Market  on  Wednesday  8
September 2004.

Following this, the number of shares in issue will be 26,820,727.

The  Company also announces that the Board of Lawrence on 6 August 2004  granted
723,000  options  to  a number of employees under the Company's  Employee  Share
Option  Schemes  ("the Schemes"). All options so granted are  exercisable  at  a
price  of  342p  per share and become exercisable from 6 August  2007.  Included
amongst  the recipients of this grant of options was Mike Brent, who was granted
options over 100,000 shares under the Schemes.

Following these transactions Mike Brent now holds 161,000 Lawrence ordinary
shares, representing 0.6 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital and has
options over 155,000 Lawrence ordinary shares.


Enquiries

Contacts:
Peter Lawrence
Chairman, Lawrence plc
020 8336 2900

Russell Cook
Charles Stanley & Co. Limited
020 7953 2000