Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

Portmeirion Potteries(Hldgs) PLC
7 June 2000


      PORTMEIRION POTTERIES(HOLDINGS) PLC (the 'Company')

Portmeirion  Potteries  (Holdings)  PLC  announces   that
Directors  have carried out transactions in the Company's
ordinary shares of 5p as follows:

                                                  Total
                                                  Beneficial 
Trade Date   Director   Transaction  No of Shares Holding
----------   --------   -----------  -----------  ----------

7 June 2000  RJ Steele  Purchase     10,000       10,000

The transaction was at a share price of £1.80 per share.