James Latham PlcLSE: LTHM

Leeds Site and Directors' Shareholdings

· Issued by James Latham Plc
RNS Number : 6199N
Latham(James) PLC
05 September 2011
 

James Latham plc

("James Latham" or the "Company")

Leeds Site and Directors' Shareholdings

James Latham announces that on 1 September 2011 it completed the purchase of a freehold site in Leeds for £2.7m, funded by a loan from Clydesdale Bank. This site will be improved with modern efficient racking systems to provide opportunities for growth for the business currently carried out at our Ossett depot.

James Latham announces that the Trustees of the Company's SIPS scheme allocated 5,302 ordinary 25p shares in the Company on 30 August 2011 at 240.5p per share to the following Directors:

SIPS Scheme

Allocation

Current

Shareholding

Percentage of the

Company's Total Voting Rights

Peter Latham

423

1,103,060

5.73%

David Dunmow

2,309

71,487

0.37%

Chris Sutton

156

13,038

0.07%

Nick Latham

2,316

595,220

3.09%

Pippa Latham

98

364,902

1.90%

The resultant shareholding in the Employee Benefit Trust is 194,237 ordinary shares. These shares are not allocated to specific employees, although some of the shares may in future be allocated to directors of the Company.

For further information please visit www.lathams.co.uk or contact:

James Latham Plc

Tel:  01442 849 100

Peter Latham, Chairman

David Dunmow, Finance Director

Northland Capital Partners - Nomad & Broker

Tel:  020 7796 8800

Shane Gallwey / Tim Metcalfe


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