Directors' Dealings

Ascot PLC
22 March 2000


                           ASCOT PLC

Ascot  plc  announces that the Trustees of the Ascot  Employee
Trust have purchased 100,000 shares in Ascot Plc at a price of
337p per share and a further 320,441 shares in Ascot Plc at  a
price  of  336p per share.  The shares have been acquired  for
the  purpose of satisfying awards to participants of the Ascot
Performance Share Plan and the Ascot Share Incentive Plan, who
include  the executive Directors and certain senior  employees
and  may be used to satisfy awards under other share or  share
option schemes of Ascot plc.  The Ascot Performance Share Plan
was  approved by shareholders at the AGM on 3 June 1999.   The
shares  will  vest  after  three  years,  subject  to  certain
performance targets being met.

The  number  of shares acquired for the purpose of  satisfying
awards to executive Directors is set out below:

                       Performance Share   Share Incentive
                             Plan               Plan
H P Dyer                    89,232             89,232
M J Rogers                  61,347             20,449

Following the above-mentioned awards, in addition H P Dyer and
M J Rogers hold a technical interest in all the shares held by
the Trust as potential beneficiaries under the plans.

Enquiries:     Howard Dyer, Ascot plc   0171 815 0805
          Martin Rogers, Ascot plc      0171 815 0805