Purchase of Own Securities

PZ CUSSONS PLC
13 November 2002



PZ Cussons plc


Repurchase of shares


PZ Cussons plc announces that

on 13 November 2002 it purchased for

cancellation 50,000 of its ordinary

shares at a price of 955p 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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