Purchase of Own Securities

James Halstead PLC
02 October 2002

James Halstead plc

2 October 2002

Purchase of Own Securities

James Halstead plc announces that on 2 October 2002 it purchased 550,000 of its
ordinary shares for cancellation and 100,000 of its ordinary shares for the
James Halstead Employee Profit Sharing Scheme, all at a price of 259p per share.


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Enquiries:


James Halstead plc
Jack Whittaker
Tel: [phone]

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


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