Director Shareholding

Pittards PLC
15 September 2004


Pittards plc announces that they were notified yesterday by the trustees of the
Pittards Employee Share Ownership Trust that it had transferred to certain
directors, ordinary shares in the Company held by the scheme for the benefit of
those directors. Immediately thereafter, the beneficiaries sold some of those
ordinary shares to settle tax due as a result of the transfer. The directors and
their vestings and disposals
are noted below.

Name             Shares   Shares    Price   Shareholding after   Percentage of
                Vesting     sold                  transactions   issued shares

John Buckley      1,120      788      36p               70,679           0.32%
Reg Hankey        4,122    2,891      36p               61,719           0.28%
Stephen Johnson   3,511    2,462      36p               10,790           0.05%



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