SAR - Dawson International

Guinness Peat Group PLC 6 December 2001 DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 3 OF THE RULES GOVERNING SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITION OF SHARES: DAWSON INTERNATIONAL PLC Guinness Peat Group plc and its subsidiary companies ('GPG') announce that, following the purchase of 1,500,000 shares of Dawson International PLC ('Dawson'), on 5 December 2001 it increased its holding of Shares to 23,333,583 ordinary shares of 50p each in Dawson ('Shares') representing 23.03% of the issued share capital of Dawson. So far as the Group is aware, no person interested in the Shares is party to any agreement or arrangement relating to the exercise of any rights conferred by holding the shares subject to this notification.

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