James Cropper plc - Principal Shareholders

Principal Shareholders

The notified shareholdings in excess of 3% of the issued captital are as follows :-

Credit Agricole Cheuvreux International Limited	1,331,000	15.7%
J A Cropper 1974 Settlement (note 1)	1,062,974	12.5%
M A J Cropper	979,113	11.6%
J A Cropper (Non-beneficial interest)	694,129	8.2%
J A Cropper	467,337	5.5%
Stargas Nominees Ltd	261,820	3.1%
Barclayshare Nominees Ltd (note 2)	257,834	3.0%

Note 1: Included in this percentage is 6.27% also disclosed in the name of M A J Cropper.

Note 2: Included in this percentage is 1.48% also disclosed by M A J Cropper and 0.95% also disclosed by J A Cropper.

Note 3: 45.2% of the Company's shares are not in public hands.