Director/PDMR Shareholding

19 December 2016

James Cropper PLC

(the "Company")

Notification of Transactions of Directors

The Company was notified on 16 December 2016, that on 16 December 2016 M.A.J. Cropper, a Director of the Company, purchased 10,000 ordinary shares of 25p each in the Company ("Shares") from a member of the Cropper family at a price of 1097.5p per Share.

The member of the Cropper family and M.A.J. Cropper are deemed to be acting in concert and regarded by the Takeover Panel to be members of the concert party detailed in the Company's circular to shareholders dated 30 June 2015 (the "Concert Party").

As a result, M.A.J. Cropper's interest in the Company is as follows:

Total Holding of Percentage of

Shares Issued Share Capital

Beneficial 1,255,703* 13.3%

Non-beneficial 559,571 5.9%

*Includes a total of 486,924 Shares pledged as security

The total interests of the Concert Party following these transactions, directly and indirectly, remains unchanged at 3,612,192 Shares, which represents 38.2% of the issued share capital of the Company.