RNS Number:8118R
Thorntons PLC
07 November 2003

THORNTONS PLC  ('the Company')

The following Awards granted to Directors of the Company under the Thorntons
Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) on 7th November 2000 have lapsed due to the
Performance Conditions not having been achieved.


                                                Number of        Total Held under LTIP
                                              Shares Lapsed  following this notification

Peter Burdon                                      55,000               0
Martin Charles Allen                              35,000               0
John Gordon Culverhouse                           35,000               0
Jonathan Lindsay Pollard                          15,000               0

The above Directors, along with all other employees who are beneficiaries of the
employee benefit trust, remain interested in all the 504,610 shares held by the
trust by virtue of being members of the class of beneficiaries of the trust.



ltip/98 - stock ex.lapsed


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