New Employee Benefit Trust and PDMR Dealing

Cropper(James) PLC

26 August 2026

 

26 August 2026

James Cropper plc

(the "Company")

Creation of New Employee Benefit Trust and PDMR Dealing

James Cropper (AIM: CRPR), the Advanced Materials and Paper & Packaging group, announces the establishment of a new employee benefit trust, the James Cropper Employee Benefit Trust 2026 ("the New Trust"), under the management of FCM Limited.

As a consequence of establishing the New Trust, 81,751 ordinary shares in the Company ("the Shares") previously held by the James Cropper Employee Trust ("the Old Trust"), have today been transferred to the New Trust.

The Trustee of the Old Trust is James Cropper EBT Limited, whose directors are Martin Court and Lyndsey Scott (both Non-Executive Directors of the Company). The Shares have therefore been transferred from the non-beneficial ownership of Martin Court and Lyndsey Scott (as Directors of the Trustee of the Old Trust) to the New Trust.  The Shares were transferred for nil consideration.

Enquiries:

James Cropper plc Matt Ratcliffe, General Counsel and Company Secretary	Tel: [phone]
Singer Capital Markets - NOMAD and Broker Jen Boorer, Sara Hale, Carl Diebitsch	Tel: [phone]
IFC Advisory - Financial PR Graham Herring, Tim Metcalfe, Zach Cohen	Tel: [phone] [e-mail]

The following information is included in accordance with Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation (No. 596/2014):

1.	Details of person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	1.   Martin Court and Lyndsey Scott as directors of James Cropper EBT Limited, trustee of James Cropper Employee Trust
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	1.   Non-Executive Directors of the Company
b)	Initial notification/amendment	Initial Notification
3.	Details of the issuer
a)	Name	James Cropper plc
b)	Legal Entity Identifier	213800XM78VTDYGBRM93
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted.
a)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each
b)	Identification code of the Financial Instrument	GB0002346053
c)	Nature of the transaction	Transfer of ordinary shares previously held by the James Cropper Employee Trust to the James Cropper Employee Benefit Trust 2026, a newly established employee benefit trust under the management of FCM Limited.
d)	Currency	GBP
e)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 1.   Nil-Cost 81,751
f)	Aggregated information -      volume -      Price -      Total	81,751 Nil N/A
g)	Date of the transaction	26 August 2026
h)	Place of the transaction	Outside trading venue

 

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