Purchase of Own Securities

PZ CUSSONS PLC
18 October 2002







PZ Cussons plc


Repurchase of shares


PZ Cussons plc announces that

on 18 October 2002 it purchased for

cancellation 15,000 of its ordinary

shares at a price of 935p per share

from Cazenove & Co. Ltd.


Enquiries

Shona Beckett Cazenove & Co. Ltd. 020 7588 2828

Graham Calder PZ Cussons plc 0161 491 8000

Ruston Smith PZ Cussons plc 0161 491 8000


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