Result of EGM/Director S/Hldg

Transense Technologies PLC
9 February 2001


Transense Technologies plc-Result of EGM

At  the  Extraordinary General Meeting held at 10 a.m. today  the
resolution relating to the proposed variation of certain options,
as  described  in the circular to shareholders dated  23  January
2001, was duly passed, and the relevant options have subsequently
been exercised.

Application  has  been made for all of the 706,000  new  ordinary
shares  issued  under the option schemes to be  admitted  to  the
Alternative  Investment Market ('AIM') of London  Stock  Exchange
plc  and  dealings  in  these ordinary  shares  are  expected  to
commence on Friday 16 February.


Enquiries:

Transense Technologies plc
Jim Perry, Chief Executive                   01869 238 030


HSBC Investment Bank plc
John Mellett
Graeme Bayley                                020 7336 9000


Clerkenwell Communications
John Coyle                                   020 7713 0900
                                             0370 687 370
                                             07699 727 796 (pager)





Transense Technologies plc-Secondary placing by HSBC and exercise
of options

HSBC Investment Bank plc has today placed 464,800 ordinary shares
in  Transense  Technologies plc ('Transense') with  institutional
investors  at  a price of 2275p per share, on behalf  of  certain
directors and employees of Transense.

The following Transense directors have today exercised options as
follows:


            Number of     Exercise     Number of    Number of
             options       price        options      options
              before      (pence)      exercised      after
             exercise                                exercise
                                                         
JAH Perry    250,000        100         250,000         -
             150,000        1410           -         150,000
                                                         
GD Eves      200,000        100         200,000         -
             100,000        1410           -         100,000
              30,000        2395           -          30,000
                                                         
HG Pearl     100,000        100         100,000         -
              10,000        2395           -          10,000
                                                         
AB Baldry     50,000        100          50,000         -
              5,000         2395           -          5,000
                                                         
A Lonsdale    50,000        100          50,000         -
              5,000         2395           -          5,000
                                                         
Total        950,000                    650,000      300,000

Following the exercise of options and the subsequent disposal  of
ordinary  shares in Transense by certain directors of  Transense,
the  beneficial  interests  of those directors  in  the  ordinary
shares of Transense are now as follows:

               Holding    Holding   Percentage  Percentage
                before     after       held      held
               exercise   exercise    before     after
                 and        and      exercise   exercise
               placing    placing      and        and
                                  placing    placing
                                                 
JAH Perry      443,413    557,313      3.8%       4.5%
                                                 
GD Eves           -        91,100       -         0.7%
                                                 
HG Pearl        10,000     55,600      0.1%       0.5%
                                                 
AB Baldry         -        22,800       -         0.2%
                                                 
A Lonsdale*    675,409    673,209      5.7%       5.4%

                                                 
Total        1,128,822  1,400,022     9.6%      11.3%
                           

*  A  Lonsdale's  interest in Transense  ordinary  shares  arises
partially  through Sensor Technology Limited, a  company  jointly
owned by Anthony Lonsdale and his brother Bryan Lonsdale.

Save  for the condition relating to admission of the new ordinary
shares  in  Transense  to  trading on the Alternative  Investment
Market  ('AIM') of London Stock Exchange plc, all  the  remaining
conditions of the placing have been satisfied or waived.


Enquiries:

Transense Technologies plc
Jim Perry, Chief Executive                        01869 238 030

HSBC Investment Bank plc
John Mellett
Graeme Bayley                                     020 7336 9000

Clerkenwell Communications
John Coyle                                        020 7713 0900
                                                  0370 687 370
                                                  07699 727 796 (pager)