Director Shareholding

Headlam Group PLC
04 May 2005


For immediate release

Headlam Group plc - Exercise of share options

Headlam Group plc ('Headlam') announces that on 3 May 2005 Steve Wilson, Group
Finance Director, exercised share options over 25,000 shares granted on 14
December 1998 under the Headlam Group 1998 Unapproved Executive Share Option
Scheme at an option price of £2.255 per share. These options are normally
exercisable between 14 December 2001 and 14 December 2005.

After the exercise of the share option, all of the shares were retained.

Following this transaction, Stephen Wilson's shareholding in the ordinary shares
of 5p each in the company increased by 25,000 to 236,433 shares representing
0.27% of the issued share capital of the company.


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Released 4 May 2005



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