Purchase of Own Securities

PZ CUSSONS PLC
29 October 2002


PZ Cussons plc

Repurchase of shares


PZ Cussons plc announces that on 29 October 2002 it purchased for cancellation
50,000 of its A ordinary shares at a price of 750p 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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