Additional Listing

Billam PLC
20 March 2002


                                   BILLAM PLC

                   Admission of new shares to trading on AIM

                and closure of offer for World Life Sciences PLC


Billam Plc ('Billam') announces that application has been made for 16,057,238
new ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each to be admitted to trading on AIM.  These
shares are being issued to World Life Sciences PLC ('WLS') shareholders that
have had their shares compulsorily purchased pursuant to section 430 of the
Companies Act 1989.  Billam now owns 100 per cent. of the share capital in World
Life Sciences.

Admission of these shares is expected to take place on 26 March 2002.  These
shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares in issue.

The enlarged share capital of Billam after these shares have been admitted to
AIM is 1,187,231,147 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each.



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