Low & Bonar PLC
01 May 2008


                                Low & Bonar PLC
                              Total Voting Rights

In accordance with Disclosure and Transparency rule 5.6.1, Low & Bonar PLC ("the
Company") advises that:

The Company's issued share Capital as at 1 May 2008 consists of 154,003,879
ordinary shares with voting rights and £100,000 6 per cent first cumulative
preference stock, £100,000 6 per cent second cumulative preference stock and
£200,000 5.5 per cent third cumulative preference stock (the 'preference
stock'). Provided that preference dividends remain paid in accordance with the
Company's Articles of Association, the preference stock do not carry voting
rights. The Company does not hold any ordinary shares in Treasury.

The total Number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 154,003,879.

This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation
by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in,
or a change to their interest in, the Company under FSA's Disclosure and
Transparency rules.


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