Director Shareholding

Radstone Technology PLC
3 January 2002


                   Radstone Technology PLC (the 'Company')


The Company has been informed that the Trustees of the Radstone Technology PLC
All Employee Share Owership Plan (the 'Trust'), have today purchased
4,142ordinary shares of 12.5p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') at a
price of £2.14 per share. Following this purchase the Trust now holds 35,629
Ordinary Shares, representing 0.15% of the issued ordinary share capital of
the Company.

All employees of the Company, including the executive directors, are potential
beneficiaries of the Trust.

3 January 2002