Purchase of Own Securities

FBD Holdings PLC
7 March 2002

                            FBD Holdings plc ('FBD')

                           Purchase of own securities


FBD announces that on 6 March 2002, it purchased 492,949 of its own Ordinary
Shares at a price of EUR 4.90 per share.


Ends.




7 March 2002


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