Charlton Athletic PLC 17 January 2005 CHARLTON ATHLETIC PLC 17 January 2005 DEALINGS BY DIRECTORS Charlton Athletic plc (the "Company") announces that it was notified on 14 January 2005 that on 13 January 2005, a director, R.C. Whitehand, purchased 10,000 ordinary shares of 50 pence at a price of 22p per share and on 14 January 2005 he purchased a further 5,000 ordinary shares of 50 pence at a price of 21.75p per share. Director No. of shares acquired Aggregate beneficial Percentage holding R.C. Whitehand 15,000 6,484,349 11.8% End This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange