Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8901U

Cropper(James) PLC

24 January 2017

James Cropper plc (the 'Company')

Notification of Transactions of

Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR")

Sale of Shares by a Director:

The Company was notified on 23 January 2017 that Emily Thompson, the wife of Martin Thompson, a Director of the Company, sold, on 23 January 2017, 10,000 ordinary shares of 25p each in the Company ("Shares") to James Cropper EBT Limited at a price of 1,330.0 pence per Share.

In addition, Emily Thompson also sold, on 23 January 2017, 10,000 Shares to the Trustees of the James Cropper Share Incentive Plan at a price of 1,330.0 pence per Share.

As a result of the above, Martin Thompson's interest in the Company is reduced by 20,000 Shares.

Purchase of Shares by James Cropper EBT Ltd:

The purchase of Shares was to satisfy future releases under the James Cropper PLC 2008 Long Term Incentive Scheme Plan, in which participants, including executive directors, have a potential interest, subject to the achievement of performance targets.

As a result of the above transaction, James Cropper EBT Ltd is interested in 90,249 Shares, representing 0.95% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Further to the movement in the shareholding of James Cropper EBT Ltd, the non-beneficial interest of the following PDMRs were increased by:

David Wilks (Non - Executive Director) 10,000 Shares.

Jim Sharp (Non - Executive Director) 10,000 Shares.

Doug Mitchell (Non - Executive Director) 10,000 Shares.

Purchase of Shares by the Trustees of the James Cropper PLC Share Incentive Plan:

The purchase of Shares was to satisfy future releases under the James Cropper PLC Share Incentive Plan, in which participants, including executive directors, have a potential interest, subject to the achievement of performance targets.

Transfer of Shares under the James Cropper PLC Share Incentive Plan:

The Company has further been notified that the Trustees of James Cropper PLC Share Incentive Plan ("JC SIP Plan") transferred, on 23 January 2017, 626 ordinary Shares of 25p each ("Shares") in the Company to a participant of the SIP Scheme.

The Shares were awarded to the participant on:

Date of award	Number of Shares	Price per Share
16 July 2012	41	180.8p
23 July 2013	122	266.4p
21 July 2014	85	383.5p
20 July 2015	202	506.8p
26 July 2016	176	734.25

Beneficial rights to the participant are recognised immediately upon reward.

The SIP trust holds the Shares for a 5 year period from award and then transfers the Shares to the participant. The Shares would be transferred to the participant earlier if under the Scheme rules the participant was deemed to be a leaver.

As a result of the above transactions, the JC SIP Plan is interested in 176,397 Shares, representing 1.86% of the issued share capital of the Company.

As a result of the change in interest of the JC SIP Plan, the non - beneficial interest of the following PDMR was increased by:

David Nicholson 9,374 Shares

Enquiries:

James Cropper PLC (Aim:CRPR)

Isabelle Maddock, Group Finance Director

Jim Aldridge, Company Secretary

www.cropper.com

01539 722002

Stockdale Securities Limited

Robert Finlay

David Coaten

www.stockdalesecurities.com