Charlton Athletic PLC 18 January 2005 CHARLTON ATHLETIC PLC 18 January 2005 DEALINGS BY DIRECTORS Charlton Athletic plc (the "Company") announces that it was notified on 17 January 2005 that on that day, a director, R.C. Whitehand, purchased 5,000 ordinary shares of 50 pence at a price of 22p per share. In addition on 17 January 2005, a second director, D.C. Sumners, purchased 5,000 ordinary shares at 21.75p per share and a further 15,000 ordinary shares at 21.78p per share. Director No. of shares acquired Aggregate beneficial Percentage holding D.C. Sumners 20,000 3,193,185 5.8% R.C. Whitehand 5,000 6,489,349 11.8% End This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange