Director Shareholding

Plant Health Care PLC
20 October 2004



                     Plant Health Care plc ('the Company')
                              Directors' Holdings


The Company today approved the following allotment of ordinary shares of 1p each
in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') to the non-executive directors and the
company secretary. The Ordinary Shares have been allotted at 57.5p per Ordinary
Share (being the closing middle market price on 11 October 2004). The share
allotments set out below comprise part of the non-executive directors'
remuneration package in lieu of salary:

Non-executive   Value of fees used  No of Ordinary Subsequent  Representing per
                to buy  Ordinary    Shares         share       cent of issued
                Shares              allotted       holding     capital
Director
Albert                  £4,062.50          7,065      89,062              0.30%
Fischer
Thomas Isler*           £6,875.00         11,956     235,103              0.79%

*includes £3,437.50 and 5,978 Ordinary Shares purchased immediately from R
Chanson


In addition, the company secretary was allotted 4,347 Ordinary Shares at 57.5p.
The share allotment and price comprise part of the company secretary's
remuneration package in lieu of salary.


Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange to list 23,368 Ordinary
Shares increasing the issued capital of the Company to 29,898,749 Ordinary
Shares.


20 October 2004


C Kennedy
Company Secretary
c/o Project Consultants Limited
Walnut House
Walnut Gardens
Claydon
Banbury
Oxon OX17 1NA





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