Director Shareholding

Swallowfield PLC
27 March 2001

Swallowfield plc announces that it was today informed that certain of the
Company's directors made purchases of the Company's shares, at a price of £
1.03 per share, on 26 March 2001 as follows:


Name of Director                       No. Shares     Total no. of    Approx. %
                                      Purchased  shares now held   issued share
                                                                       capital
R T Organ, Non-Executive                    2,000          182,790          1.6
J Bryant Pearson, Non-Executive             8,750           20,000          0.2
B J Williamson, Operations Director         6,000           13,415          0.1
I Mackinnon, Group Finance Director*        5,000           25,020          0.2
J Espey, Chairman                          15,000           40,000          0.3



* = purchased by Mrs K Mackinnon, wife of I Mackinnon, in whose shares he is
deemed to be beneficially interested.