Employee Benefits Scheme Holding

James Latham plc

("James Latham" or the "Company")

Employee Benefits Scheme Shareholding

James Latham announces that the Trustees of the James Latham plc Employee Benefits Scheme acquired 20,000 ordinary shares in the Company on 23 September 2015 at £6.50 per share.  The Trustees include Pippa Latham and David Dunmow, who are both directors of the Company.

The resultant number of unallocated ordinary shares held by the Employee Benefits Scheme is 53,057 representing 0.3 per cent. of the Company's Total Voting Rights.  These shares are not allocated to specific employees, although some of the shares may in future be allocated to directors.