Director Shareholding

IMI PLC
20 December 2001

To Company Announcements Office

Pursuant to Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985 I hereby notify you that this 
Company today received notice from The Share Centre, as PEP Manager, of the 
following purchases made on 17 December 2001 on behalf of a Director of this 
Company of IMI Ordinary shares at a price of 256 pence per share:

            Director                        No of Shares

            G J Allen                             121

From IMI plc

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