Purchase of Own Securities

Walker,Crips,Weddle,Beck PLC
21 November 2002


                    WALKER, CRIPS, WEDDLE, BECK PLC ('WCWB')

                             PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES


WCWB announces that, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at
the Annual General Meeting held on 12 July 2002, it purchased in the market for
cancellation 70,000 of its Ordinary Shares of 20p each on 21 November 2002 at a
price of 76.5p per share. Following cancellation, there will be 10,168,654
Ordinary Shares of 20p each in WCWB in issue.


21 November 2002


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