Transaction in Own Shares

Rensburg Sheppards plc
25 May 2005

                     Rensburg Sheppards plc ("the Company")



                             Purchase of own shares



BWD Trustees Limited, a subsidiary of the Company, has today purchased 13,703
ordinary shares of 10 90/91 pence each of the Company at £5.30 per share on
behalf of the Employee Share Ownership Trust ("the Trust").  The purchase
follows the consolidation of the Company's share capital on 6 May 2005 and the
shares will be used to satisfy existing options under the Company's Employee
Share Ownership Plan.  Following this purchase, the Trust holds a total of
152,250 ordinary shares of 10 90/91 pence each, representing 0.35% of the issued
share capital of the Company.



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