THT Thorntons

RNS NO 5838X
THORNTONS PLC
18th November 1997


LETTER TO COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OFFICE:

I refer to my letter dated 19th June 1997 informing you that Midland Bank
Trustee (Jersey) Limited the trustee to a discretionary employee benefit trust
established by the Company, held a total of 504610 ordinary shares of 10 pence
in the capital of the Company in this capacity.

I am now writing to inform you that, pursuant to the rules of a long term
incentive plan (LTIP) established by the Company, Awards in respect of the above
shares (which allow participants to receive shares with payment of only #1 in
total, after 3 years, with the number of shares depending on the performance of
the Company) were granted to the following directors of the Company on 18th
November 1997 in the amounts listed below.  The second column identifies the
total number os shares that, including this award, have been granted as awards
to the directors under the rules of the Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP).

                              Number of Shares              Total Number of
                              Awarded 18.11.97              Shares Awarded
                                                            Under LTIP

Christopher John Thornton     24920                         66271
Michael Stanley Thornton      17893                         42184
Roger John Gilliat Paffard    35880                         80036
Pamela Langworthy             17893                         42184
Jonathan Crispin Fellows      17893                         39069
Peter William Baldwin         17893                         42184
Andrew John Mounsey           17893                         42184     
John Gordon Culverhouse       17893                         42184

The above directors, along with other employees who are beneficiaries of the
employee benefit trust, remain interested in all the 504610 shares held by the
trust by virtue of being members of the class of beneficiaries of the trust.

Richard A. Cole
Assistant Company Secretary
THORNTONS PLC

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