Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

Portmeirion Group PLC
31 August 2000


                PORTMEIRION GROUP PLC (the 'Company')
                               

Portmeirion Group PLC announces that Directors have on 31
August 2000 carried out transactions in the Company's ordinary
shares of 5p as follows:

                                                       Total
                                        No. of    Beneficial
Director            Transaction         Shares       Holding
--------            -----------         ------    ----------

E S Cooper-Willis        Sale            3,800     1,771,200
A W Ralley               Purchase        3,000        20,000
J R T Teed               Purchase          800         3,285

The transactions were at a share price of £1.825 per share.