Purchase of Own Securities

Headlam Group PLC
9 October 2001

9 October 2001

Headlam Group plc - Purchase of own securities



At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 23 May 2001 shareholders
granted the Company authority to purchase up to 50,000 5.6% cumulative
preference shares ('preference shares'). The Company announces that on 8
October 2001 it repurchased 19,791 preference shares at a price of 107.5p per
share.


19,791 preference shares have therefore been purchased to date under the above
authority representing 39.6 per cent of the issued preference share capital.
The issued preference share capital following cancellation of the shares
repurchased will be 30,209 shares.


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