Circ re. shares subdivision

Latham(James) PLC
16 December 2004


James Latham plc announces that it has issued a circular to shareholders
convening an extraordinary general meeting of the Company for 12 January 2005 to
seek approval to subdivide the current ordinary shares of £1 each into ordinary
shares of 25 pence each. The Company has forwarded copies of this circular to
the UK Listing Authority to be made available at its Document Viewing Facility.


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