Director/PDMR Shareholding

25 July 2017

JAMES CROPPER PLC (the "Company")

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF

DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY ("PDMRs")

The Company has been notified today, that on 24 July 2017 the Trustees of James Cropper PLC Share Incentive Plan ("JC SIP Plan") awarded 19,647 ordinary shares of 25p each ("Shares") in the Company to participants of the SIP Scheme at a price of 1,682.5p per Share.

Under the SIP rules, Shares to be issued to participants are held by the SIP Trustees in their capacity as Trustees. After a holding period of five years, the Shares held by the SIP Trustees are transferred to the participants. The beneficial rights to the participants are recognised immediately upon award.

As a result of the above, the interests in the following PDMRs has increased by:

Phil Wild (Director) 82 Shares

Steve Adams (Director) 20 Shares

Isabelle Maddock (Director) 82 Shares

Martin Thompson (Director) 82 Shares

Dave Watson (Director) 82 Shares

Jim Aldridge 82 Shares

Steve Atkinson 94 Shares

David Carey 76 Shares

Caroline Gibson 82 Shares

Jeannie Harper 82 Shares

Jan Mason 82 Shares

David Nicholson 82 Shares

Joanna Parkins 82 Shares

Karen Wright 82 Shares

As a result of the above transaction, the interests of the JC SIP Plan remains unchanged at 167,899 Shares, representing 1.8% of the issued share capital of the Company.