Directors/Employee Benefits Scheme Shareholding

James Latham plc

("James Latham", the "Company")

Directors/Employee Benefits Scheme Shareholding

James Latham announces that the Trustees of the James Latham plc Employee Benefits Scheme acquired 2,509 ordinary 25p shares in the Company on 20 January 2011 at 202p per share. The Trustees include Pippa Latham and David Dunmow, who are both directors of the Company.

The resultant shareholding is 182,002 ordinary shares representing 0.95% of the Company's Total Voting Rights. These shares are not allocated to specific employees, although some of the shares may in future be allocated to directors of the Company.

James Latham plc announces that the Trustees of the Company's SIPS scheme allocated 870 ordinary 25p shares in the Company on 26 January 2010 at 203.5p per share to the following directors:

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