FW Thorpe Plc

("FW Thorpe" or the "Company")

Exercise of Share Options, Transaction in Own Shares and Total Voting Rights

FW Thorpe announces that it was notified on 12 October that under the Save As You Earn Scheme employees exercised share options ("Share Options") over a total of 245,618 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares").

To satisfy the exercise of the Share Options, 245,618 existing Ordinary Shares were transferred from treasury. 

Total voting rights

The issued share capital of the Company comprises 118,935,590 Ordinary Shares. Following the exercise of the Share Options referred to above, the Company holds 2,027,951 Ordinary Shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 116,907,639.  This figure of 116,907,639 may be used by the Company's shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of FW Thorpe under the DTRs.

For further information, please contact:

F W Thorpe Plc

Mike Allcock - Chairman and Joint Chief Executive                                                           Tel:  01527 583200

Craig Muncaster - Joint Chief Executive and Financial Director                                   

Singer Capital Markets - Nominated Adviser                                                                            

Steve Pearce/James Moat                                                                                                      Tel:  020 7496 3000