Transaction in Own Shares

Maintel Holdings PLC
03 May 2005


                      Maintel Holdings Plc (the 'Company')

                           Acquisition of own shares

The Company announces that, pursuant to its general authority granted by
shareholders of the Company on 22 April 2005 to make market purchases of its own
shares, the Company made on market purchases of 70,000 Ordinary Shares at 113.5
pence per Ordinary Share on 3 May 2005 (to be held as treasury shares).

The Company now holds 70,000 Ordinary Shares in treasury and the total number of
Ordinary Shares in issue less the total number of Ordinary Shares held in
treasury following the purchase and non-cancellation of such Ordinary Shares is
13,446,800 Ordinary Shares. This notification is pursuant to the amendment of
the Companies Act 1985 to allow companies to buy-back and hold certain types of
their own shares 'in treasury'.

3 May 2005

Enquiries:

Tim Mason - Chief Executive 020 7401 4601
Dale Todd - Finance Director 020 7401 0562



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