Resolutions Passed at EGM

Walker,Crips,Weddle,Beck PLC
27 January 2000

                             WCWB
                              EGM

Walker, Crips, Weddle, Beck plc (WCWB), the fully listed  stock
and share broker, has held an EGM today (27 January 2000).

All  the  resolutions  put  to the meeting  were  duly  passed.
Resolution   1  was  proposed  as  a  SPECIAL  RESOLUTION   and
Resolutions  2 and 3 as ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS.  The  resolutions
were as follows:

1)   'THAT the Company be and is hereby authorised to make
market purchases (within the meaning of section 163(3) of the
Companies Act 1985) on the London Stock Exchange Limited of
ordinary shares of 20p each in the capital of the Company
('Shares') provided that:

(i)  the maximum aggregate number of Shares hereby authorised
     to be purchased is limited to 10% then in issue;
(ii) the minimum price which may be paid for any Share is 20p
     per Share;
(iii)the maximum price (exclusive of expenses) which may
     be paid for a Share is not more than 5 per cent above the
     average middle market quotations (as derived from the
     Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange Limited)
     for the Shares for the ten business days before the
     purchase is made;
(iv) the authority hereby conferred shall expire at the
     conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the
     Company after the passing of this Resolution; and
(v)  the Company may make a contract or contracts to purchase
     Ordinary Shares under the authority hereby conferred prior
     to the expiry of such authority which will or may be
     executed wholly or partly after the expiry of such
     authority, and may make a purchase of Ordinary Shares
     pursuant to any such contract or contracts.

This Resolution shall confer on the Directors all rights for
the Company to make any such market purchase of the Company's
own shares as are required under the terms of Article 8.2.

(2)  THAT Rules 3.1 and 11.1(a) of the Rules of the Company's
     1996 Employee Share Option Scheme be amended to read as
     follows:-

    3.1      the total number of shares which may from time
              to time be the subject of Options under the
              Scheme and Any Other Scheme shall not exceed 10%
              of the issued share capital of the Company from
              time to time Provided always that any later
              reduction in the amount of issued share capital
              of the Company through the redemption or
              purchase of its own shares shall not invalidate
              any Options granted prior to such redemption or
              purchase.

     11.1(a)   any amendment made after approval of the Scheme
               by the Inland Revenue shall have no effect
               except with the prior consent of the Inland
               Revenue given in accordance with paragraph 4 of
               Schedule 9 of the Act;

3)   THAT Rule 3.1 of the Rules of the Company's 1996
     Registered Representatives Share Option Scheme be amended
     to read as follows:-

     3.1      the total number of shares which may from time
              to time be the subject of Options under the
              Scheme and Any Other Scheme shall not exceed 10%
              of the issued share capital of the Company from
              time to time Provided always that any later
              reduction in the amount of issued share capital
              of the Company through the redemption or
              purchase of its own shares shall not invalidate
              any Options granted prior to such redemption or
              purchase.'



For further information:

Michael Sunderland, Chief Executive        Tony Rose
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