Director Shareholding

Safeland PLC
17 January 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 11

          NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS


1)       Name of company

           Safeland Plc

2)       Name of director

           Raymond Lipman

3)       Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest


           Mr R Lipman 24,941

           Mrs D Lipman 24,941


4)       Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them (if notified)


           R Lipman - 88,016

           D B Lipman - 456,316

5)       Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with
the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)

           Mrs Dorothy Lipman, spouse

6)       Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please
indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary

           Single Company PEP - non discretionary

7)       Number of shares/amount of stock acquired



8)       Percentage of issued class

9)       Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

           49,882

10)    Percentage of issued class

           0.23%

11)    Class of security

           Ordinary shares of 5p each

12)    Price per share

           42.5 pence

13)    Date of transaction

           16 January 2003

14)    Date company informed

           16 January 2003

15)    Total holding following this notification

           519,332


16)    Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

           2.41%

If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes

17)    Date of grant



18)    Period during which or date on which exercisable



19)    Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option



20)    Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number



21)    Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to
be fixed at time of exercise


22)    Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following
this notification



23)    Any additional information



24)    Name of contact and telephone number for queries

           Simon Fox, 020 7655 6884

25)    Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification


           Paul Davis


Date of Notification..................................


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