Issue of Equity

Buckland Group PLC
31 October 2003

                       Buckland Group plc ('the Company')

                         Placing and Additional Listing

Application has today been made for admission of 40,000,000 ordinary shares of
0.5p each in the Company to trading on the Alternative Investment Market of the
London Stock Exchange. These shares have been issued pursuant to a placing for
cash at 0.5p per share to raise £200,000 before expenses for additional working
capital. The shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares of
the Company. Dealings are expected to commence in the new ordinary shares 6
November 2003.



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