RNS Number:8646M
Latchways PLC
27 June 2003



                                                                    27 June 2003


                               LATCHWAYS plc


Latchways plc ("the Company") announces that it has today received notification
from Legg Mason Investments (Europe) Limited that, following a sale of 90,000
Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in the Company, it has a revised notifiable
holding of 525,193 Ordinary Shares of 5 Pence each in the Company, representing
approximately 4.8% of the issued share capital. The holding comprises 460,493
shares in the name of Legg Mason Investors UK Emerging Growth Unit Trust, and
64,700 shares in the name of Legg Mason Investors AIM VCT plc.




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