Purchase of Own Securities

Andrews Sykes Group PLC
8 July 2002

ANDREWS SYKES GROUP PLC

8 July 2002


Purchase of own securities and Director's shareholding

Andrews Sykes Group plc announces that today it purchased for cancellation
20,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 114.5p per share.

The total issued share capital for the Company is now 72,950,672.

Jacques Gaston Murray, a director of the company today sold 20,000 Ordinary
Shares at a price of 114.5p per share.  Mr J G Murray is now interested in
50,836,257 Ordinary Shares in the Company representing 69.69 per cent. of the
issued share capital.




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