Buyback of Preference Shares

James Latham plc

("James Latham" or the "Company")

Buyback of Preference Shares

James Latham announces that on 2 October 2018 the Company purchased 395,382 James Latham £1 preference shares at £1.225 a share, and subsequently sold 5,000 shares at £1.225 a share to an unrelated party. The preference shares acquired will be held in Treasury, until the next Annual General Meeting, where a special resolution will be proposed to cancel the shares. Excluding the preference shares held in Treasury, the Company has 595,811 preference shares in issue.

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