Purchase of Own Secs-Replcmnt

PZ CUSSONS PLC
30 October 2002


The following replaces the purchase of own securities announcement released on
30 October, 2002 at 17.08 hrs. under RNS 1582D.

The number of shares purchased for cancellation was 25,000 and not 225,000 as
previously reported. All other details remain unchanged.

The full amended announcement appears below.


PZ Cussons plc


Repurchase of shares


PZ Cussons plc announces that

on 30 October 2002 it purchased for

cancellation 25,000 of its ordinary

shares at a price of 955p per share

from Cazenove & Co. Ltd.


Enquiries

Shona Beckett Cazenove & Co. Ltd. 020 7588 2828

Graham Calder PZ Cussons plc 0161 491 8000

Ruston Smith PZ Cussons plc 0161 491 8000


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