Advance Notice of Results

IMI PLC
31 August 2000

                                   IMI plc                                    
                                                                              
                       Notification of Interim Results                        

IMI plc, the major international engineering group, will be announcing its
interim results on Monday 4th September 2000.

There will be an analysts' meeting at 10.00am at the City Presentation Centre,
4 Chiswell Street, Finsbury Square, London EC1Y 4UP.


Contact: Ben Padovan, Shandwick International  020 7329 0096