Director/PDMR Shareholding

Latham(James) PLC
12 April 2006

James Latham plc announces that Mr Roger Latham, Group Executive Chairman,
purchased 2,500 ordinary 25p shares at 190 pence per share on Monday 10th April
2006 and is now beneficially interested in 562,900 ordinary shares in the
Company, representing approximately 2.8 per cent. of the issued share capital of
the Company.


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