Director Shareholding

Vibroplant PLC
12 January 2001


Vibroplant Plc (the 'Company')

On 12th January 2001, Peter Parkin, a director of the Company, purchased 30,000
ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 51 3/4p per share. Pursuant to this
transaction, Mr. Parkin is beneficially interested in 67,500 ordinary shares,
representing 0.15 per cent of the Company's issued ordinary share capital.

Mr. Parkin is a trustee of the Vibroplant Employee Trust (the 'Trust'). In this
capacity, he also has a non-beneficial interest in the 2,038,491 ordinary shares
held by the Trust.