Purchase of Own Securities

Paterson Zochonis PLC
15 November 2001

Paterson Zochonis plc

Repurchase of shares

Paterson Zochonis plc announces that on
14 November it purchased for cancellation
125,000 of its A ordinary shares at a price of
507p per share from Cazenove & Co. Ltd.

Enquiries

Shona Beckett     Cazenove & Co. Ltd.     020 7588 2828

Graham Calder     Paterson Zochonis plc   0161 491 8000

Ruston Smith      Paterson Zochonis plc   0161 491 8000