Director Shareholding

Buckland Group PLC
27 August 2004


                               BUCKLAND GROUP PLC
                         ('Buckland' or 'the Company')

The Company has today been informed that Prof. Richard Price has purchased
600,000 ordinary shares in the Company and now holds 10,600,000 ordinary shares
representing approximately 5.55% of the issued ordinary share capital of the
Company.




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