Transaction in Own Shares

Dewhurst PLC
05 March 2007


                                  Dewhurst plc

                    Buy Back of Own Shares for Cancellation

Dewhurst plc announces that on 5 March 2007, pursuant to the authority granted
by shareholders in general meeting, it purchased 12,500 of its own Ordinary
Shares for cancellation. The shares were purchased at 191p each. The total
number of Ordinary Shares now in issue is 3,522,200.



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