Recommended Offer by the Interpublic Group

Brands Hatch Leisure PLC
30 November 1999



 Not for release, publication or distribution in or into the
    United States of America, Canada, Australia or Japan
                      
                     RECOMMENDED OFFER

                             by

          THE INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC.

                             for

                  BRANDS HATCH LEISURE PLC

                     
The board of Interpublic announces that, as at 3.00pm on  30
November 1999, the initial closing date of the Offer, it had
received valid acceptances of the Offer from shareholders in
Brands  Hatch  in respect of 19,535,830 Brands Hatch  Shares
representing  approximately 89.2 per cent of Brands  Hatch's
issued  ordinary share capital.  As at 4.30pm on 30 November
1999,  valid  acceptances in respect  of  19,931,486  Brands
Hatch Shares representing approximately 91.0 per cent of the
company's issued share capital, had been received.


Accordingly,  Interpublic is pleased to  announce  that  the
Offer  has become wholly unconditional and will remain  open
for  acceptance until 3.00pm on 14 December 1999.  Forms  of
Acceptance  received after that time will not  be  accepted.
Following  that date, Interpublic intends to issue,  in  due
course,  compulsory acquisition notices pursuant to  Section
429  of  the  Companies Act to all those holders  of  Brands
Hatch  Shares who have not accepted the Offer and  to  cause
Brands  Hatch  to  make an application for  the  listing  of
Brands  Hatch  Shares  on the London Stock  Exchange  to  be
cancelled.

Prior to 22 October 1999 (the date on which the Offer Period
commenced)  neither  Interpublic nor any  person  acting  in
concert with Interpublic for the purposes of the Offer  held
any  Brands  Hatch Shares (or rights over such shares)  and,
other  than  pursuant  to the Offer, no  such  persons  have
acquired  or agreed to acquire any Brands Hatch  Shares  (or
rights  over  such shares) since 22 October  1999.   Of  the
acceptances received by Interpublic, 6,573,804 Brands  Hatch
Shares,  representing approximately 30.0 per cent of  Brands
Hatch's  issued ordinary share capital, were the subject  of
irrevocable undertakings to accept the Offer.


30 November 1999


ENQUIRIES

The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.
Philip  Geier,  Jr.  (Chairman of the Board,  President  and
Chief Executive Officer)
Eugene Beard (Vice Chairman, Finance and Operations)
Telephone Number:   [phone]
Website address:    www.interpublic.com

Octagon
Frank  Lowe  (Chairman  of  the Board  and  Chief  Executive
Officer of Octagon and a director of Interpublic)
Telephone Number:   0171 881 8888 or [phone]
Website address:    www.octagon.com

PricewaterhouseCoopers
Philip Kendall
Gerry Young
Telephone Number:   0171 583 5000

Brands Hatch Leisure plc
Nicola Foulston (Chief Executive)
Robert Bain (Group Finance Director)
Telephone Number:   0171 466 5010
Website address:    www.brands-hatch.co.uk

Pannell Kerr Forster
Nick Whitaker
Hugh Mathew-Jones
Telephone Number:   0171 831 7393

This      announcement     has     been     approved      by
PricewaterhouseCoopers as an investment advertisement solely
for  the purposes of Section 57 of the UK Financial Services
Act 1986.

PricewaterhouseCoopers,  which is  authorised  to  carry  on
investment   business   by   The  Institute   of   Chartered
Accountants  in England and Wales, is acting for Interpublic
and no-one else in connection with the Offer and will not be
responsible  to anyone other than Interpublic for  providing
the      protections     afforded     to     clients      of
PricewaterhouseCoopers or for giving advice in  relation  to
the Offer.

Pannell  Kerr  Forster,  which is  authorised  to  carry  on
investment   business   by   The  Institute   of   Chartered
Accountants in England and Wales, is acting for Brands Hatch
and no-one else in connection with the Offer and will not be
responsible to anyone other than Brands Hatch for  providing
the  protections afforded to clients of Pannell Kerr Forster
or for giving advice in relation to the Offer.

This  announcement  does  not  constitute  an  offer  or  an
invitation to purchase any securities.

Copies of this announcement are not being, and must not  be,
mailed  or  otherwise distributed or sent  in  or  into  the
United  States,  Canada,  Australia  or  Japan  and  persons
receiving this announcement (including custodians,  nominees
and  trustees) must not distribute or send it into  or  from
the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan.

Not  for release, publication or distribution in or into the
United States, Canada, Australia or Japan.

The  definitions used in the Offer Document  also  apply  in
this announcement.