3 September 2026

James Cropper plc

(the "Company")

Grant of Awards under Deferred Bonus Share Plan

James Cropper (AIM: CRPR), the Advanced Materials and Paper & Packaging group, announces that the following awards of options ("Options") were made on 2 September 2026 ("Award Date") under the James Cropper plc Deferred Bonus Share Plan 2023 ("DBSP"), to certain PDMRs over ordinary shares in the Company of 25p each ("Ordinary Shares"):

¹ Determined using a price of 384.6p per Ordinary Share, being the Company's average closing price for the 10 trading days ending on 27 July 2026, being the day immediately prior to the scheduled payment date for awards under the Annual Incentive Plan.

The Options were awarded in respect of payments due under the Company's Annual Incentive Plan ("AIP") for the year ended 28 March 2026, and in accordance with the Directors Remuneration Policy which requires payments under the AIP to be deferred for three years and satisfied in shares to the extent that these exceed 25% of base salary.

The Options were awarded for nil-cost subject to the rules of the DBSP and will be exercisable from the third anniversary of the Award Date to the tenth anniversary of the Award Date, following which they will lapse.  Dividend equivalents will accrue on the Options during the deferral period and, to the extent that the Options vest, will be satisfied at the time of vesting in accordance with the rules of the DBSP.

In accordance with best practice, when granting awards and satisfying vested awards, the Remuneration Committee and the Board intends that any dilution of the Company's share capital arising through the issue of any new Ordinary Shares under all share schemes operated by the Company shall not exceed 10% in any 10-year period.

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