Exercise of Options

Transense Technologies PLC
28 March 2000

                          EXERCISE OF OPTIONS

The Directors of Transense Technologies plc announce that the Company has today
issued 370,396 ordinary shares of 10p each resulting from the exercise of four
options as follows:

     100,000 ordinary shares at 66.5p per share
      15,448 ordinary shares at 80.0p per share
       4,948 ordinary shares at 80.0p per share
     250,000 ordinary shares at 200p per share