Additional Listing

Lawrence plc (the 'Company')                          

                              Additional Listing                               

The Board has been notified today that an employee has acquired 195,000
ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company as a result of the exercise of
options over the following:

90,000 shares at a price of 130 pence per share,

75,000 shares at a price of 125 pence per share,

30,000 shares at a price of 132 pence per share.

Accordingly, application has been made for 195,000 new ordinary shares to be
admitted to trading on the Alternative Investment Market on Wednesday, 19th
February 2003.

Following this transaction the number of shares in issue will be 26,018,952.

13th February 2003