Director Shareholding

Paterson Zochonis PLC
28 March 2002


PATERSON ZOCHONIS PLC - NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS

PATERSON ZOCHONIS PLC (THE 'COMPANY') ANNOUNCES THAT IT WAS NOTIFIED TODAY BY
ITS EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS THAT HILL SAMUEL OFFSHORE TRUST COMPANY LIMITED AS
TRUSTEE OF THE PATERSON ZOCHONIS EMPLOYEE TRUST (THE 'ESOT'), HAD TRANSFERRED
THE FOLLOWING NUMBER ORDINARY SHARES OF 10p EACH AND 'A' (NON-VOTING) ORDINARY
SHARES OF 10p EACH IN THE COMPANY:

               
              ORDINARY SHARES          'A' ORDINARY SHARES

                  6,000                      6,000


THE ESOT IS A DISCRETIONARY TRUST UNDER WHICH THE CLASS OF BENEFICIARIES WHO
MAY BENEFIT COMPRISES ALL BONA FIDA EMPLOYEES AND FORMER EMPLOYEES OF THE
COMPANY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES INCLUDING MEMBERS OF SUCH EMPLOYEES' AND FORMER
EMPLOYEES' IMMEDIATE FAMILIES. ACCORDINGLY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF THE
COMPANY NAMELY, PATERSON ZOCHONIS PLC ARE INCLUDED IN THE CLASS OF
BENEFICIARIES. AS A RESULT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS ARE DEEMED TO HAVE AN
INTEREST IN ALL OF SUCH SHARES ALTHOUGH NONE OF THEM OR MEMBERS OF THEIR
IMMEDIATE FAMILIES HAS BEEN GRANTED ENTITLEMENT TO ANY OF SUCH SHARES.


REGARDS


RAM SMITH
SECRETARY

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