Director Shareholding

Benchmark Group PLC
16 July 2002

                                  SCHEDULE 11

          NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

1) Name of company

Benchmark Group PLC

2) Name of director

N J Kempner

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest

as in 2 above

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them (if notified)

N J Kempner

5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected
with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)

-

6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions
please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non
discretionary

Purchase for self-adminstered personal pension scheme

7) Number of shares/amount of
stock acquired

15,000

8) Percentage of issued class

0.015

9) Number of shares/amount
of stock disposed

-

10) Percentage of issued class

-

11) Class of security

Ordinary 62.5p

12) Price per share

216p

13) Date of transaction

16 July 2002

14) Date company informed

16 July 2002

15) Total holding following this notification

173,675

16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

0.178%

If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes

17) Date of grant

-

18) Period during which or date on which exercisable

-

19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option

-

20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number

-

21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price
is to be fixed at time of exercise

-

22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held
following this notification

-

23) Any additional information

-

24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Andrew Norman

Tel: [phone]

25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Date of Notification     16 July 2002




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