Purchase of Own Securities

Paterson Zochonis PLC
25 October 2001


Repurchase of shares

Paterson Zochonis plc announces that
on 25 October 2001 it purchased for
cancellation 50,000 of its ordinary
shares at a price of 585p per share
from Cazenove & Co. Ltd.

Enquiries

Shona Beckett  Cazenove & Co. Ltd.     020 7588 2828
Graham Calder  Paterson Zochonis plc   0161 491 8000
Ruston Smith   Paterson Zochonis plc   0161 491 8000