Option Exercise, Director Shareholding and TVR

Latchways plc

Option Exercise, Director Shareholding and Total Voting Rights

Pursuant to paragraph 3.1.4R(1) of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules (the "DTRs"), Latchways plc (the "Company") hereby announces that:

The Company today received written notification from Alastair Hogg (a director of the Company) pursuant to paragraph 3.1.2R of the DTRs that:

1. on 15 August 2013 Alastair Hogg exercised 66,667 options over Ordinary shares of 5 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company, 16,667 Ordinary Shares were at an exercise price of 345.0 pence per share and 50,000 Ordinary Shares were at an exercise price of 759.0 pence per share. These share options were granted under the Enterprise Management Incentive Scheme of 2001.

2. On 15 August 2013 Alastair Hogg sold 63,667 Ordinary Shares at a price of 1320.0 pence per share.

Following these transactions, Mr Hogg has increased his beneficial holding to 10,000 Ordinary Shares representing 0.09% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Total Voting Rights

As a result, the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue is 11,235,695. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 11,235,695. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they determine if they are required to notify their interest in the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. This is in conformity with DTR 5.6.1.

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