Additional Listing

Billam PLC
21 January 2002



BILLAM PLC

                  Admission of new shares to trading on AIM


Billam Plc ('Billam') announces that application has been made for an
additional 1,851,521 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 who have accepted Billam's offer for WLS subsequent to 10
January 2002.

Admission of these shares is expected to take place on 24 January 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 1,150,284,137 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each.






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