Additional Listing

Billam PLC
21 December 2001

                                     BILLAM PLC

                  Admission of new shares to trading on AIM


Billam Plc ('Billam') announces that application has been made for an
additional 7,401,210 new ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each to be admitted to
trading on AIM.  These shares are being issued to World Life Sciences PLC ('
WLS') shareholders who have accepted Billam's offer for WLS subsequent to 13
December 2001.



Admission of these shares is expected to take place on 20 December 2001.
These shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares in issue.



The enlarged share capital of Billam after these shares have been admitted to
AIM is 1,130,679,329 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each.