Admission to Index

Gleeson(M J)Group PLC
25 March 2003



                              MJ GLEESON GROUP plc

                      GLEESON ADMITTED TO FTSE4GOOD INDEX


MJ Gleeson, the construction services, homes and property group, has been
included in the FTSE's socially responsible investment index series, the
FTSE4Good. At the index review on 17 March, it was confirmed that MJ Gleeson
meets the FTSE4Good index entry criteria and, as of the close of business last
Friday, 21 March, the Company was admitted to the index.



Notes for Editors:

The FTSE4Good indices are designed to provide investors with a tool to measure
the performance of companies that meet globally accepted international standards
of corporate responsibility, and to facilitate investment in those companies. To
be eligible for inclusion, companies need to satisfy criteria based on three
principles:

  • working towards environmental sustainability;
  • developing positive relations with stakeholders; and
  • upholding and supporting universal human rights.


For more information on the FTSE4Good indices, please refer to
www.ftse4good.com.


Enquiries:

M J Gleeson Group plc                                            020-8644 4321
  Dermot Gleeson (Executive Chairman)
  David Eyre (Group Managing Director)
  Colin McLellan (Finance Director)

Bankside Consultants Limited
  Charles Ponsonby                                               020-7444 4166




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