SAR - 3 Cape PLC

YJL PLC
19 March 2001


FORM SAR 3

Lodge with Company Announcements Office and the Panel. A copy must also be
sent to the company the shares of which are acquired.

Date of disclosure...19 March 2001...........

DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 3 OF THE RULES GOVERNING
SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF SHARES ('SARs')


Date of acquisition..16 March 2001..........................................

Acquisition in....CAPE PLC...............................(name of company)


(1) Class of voting shares/ Number of shares/rights if rights over shares
(eg ordinary shares) over shares acquired, as opposed to the shares
themselves, specify nature of rights

...25 ordinary, 1,000,000.......shares ......N/A...............
...N/A..........rights


(2) Resultant total holding Resultant total holding Total percentage
of voting shares (and % of rights over shares
of total voting shares (and % of total voting
in issue) shares in issue)

....9,148,903.......(16.84%) ....N/A...........( %) ....N/A.........( %)


(3) Party making disclosure....YJL plc...................................

(4) (a) Name of person acquiring shares or rights over shares ...YJL plc...
and, if different, beneficial owner......N/A.....................

(b) Names of any other persons acting by
agreement or understanding (see SAR 5) ...N/A........................

Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above..N/A.............

(Also print name of signatory).....P Sellars - Director, YJL plc.......

Telephone and extension number.....0208 982 4268.....................

Note. Under SAR 5, the holdings of and acquisitions by persons acting by
agreement or understanding must be aggregated and treated as a holding of or
acquisition by one person. Note 3 on SAR 5 requires persons who must aggregate
holdings to disclose certain disposals.

For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of the
SARs. If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, Monitoring
Section, Tel. No: 020 7638 0129.