Director Shareholding

Forbidden Technologies PLC
5 April 2002

Forbidden Technologies plc announces that at a Board Meeting yesterday it
granted share options to Directors as below noted:

Director        Number of options granted               Exercise price per share
V J Steel                100,000                                  47.5p
D D Blaikie               50,000                                  47.5p
G B Hirst                 20,000                                  47.5p




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