Total Voting Rights

Lawrence plc (the "Company")

                               Total Voting Rights

For  the  purposes  of  the transitional provisions of  the  Financial  Services
Authority's  Disclosure  and Transparency Rules, the total  number  of  ordinary
shares  of  5p  of  Lawrence  plc in issue as at the  date  of  this  notice  is
31,150,227.

The  above  figure  may  be  used by shareholders as  the  denominator  for  the
calculations  by which they will determine if they are required to notify  their
interest  in, or a change to their interest in the Company, under the Disclosure
and Transparency Rules.

20 December 2006


Enquiries:

Lawrence plc             Julia Rosu          020 8336 2900

Charles Stanley Securities    Philip Davies       020 7149 6000