Purchase of Own Securities

James Halstead PLC
08 October 2002

James Halstead plc

8 October 2002

Purchase of Own Securities

James Halstead plc announces that on 8 October 2002 it purchased 100,000 of its
ordinary shares for cancellation at a price of 257p per share.


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Enquiries:

James Halstead plc
Gordon Oliver
Tel: [phone]


Brown, Shipley & Co. Limited
Philip Johnson
Tel: [phone]


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