Purchase of Own Sec.-Amendmnt

Sirdar PLC
8 December 1999

AMENDMENT

SIRDAR PLC ANNOUNCES THAT ON 7 DECEMBER 1999 IT PURCHASED FOR CANCELLATION
72,000 ORDINARY SHARES (REPRESENTING APPROXIMATELY 0.15% OF THE ISSUED SHARE
CAPITAL) AT A PRICE OF 69P PER ORDINARY SHARE (NOT 70,000 ORDINARY SHARES AS
REPORTED EARLIER TODAY).