Additional Listing

Billam PLC
30 January 2002


BILLAM PLC


                   Admission of new shares to trading on AIM


Billam Plc ('Billam') announces that application has been made for an additional
6,142,260 new ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each to be admitted to trading on
AIM.  These shares are being issued to World Life Sciences PLC ('WLS')
shareholders who have accepted Billam's offer for WLS subsequent to 17 January
2002.

Admission of these shares is expected to take place on 4 February 2002.  These
shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares in issue.

The enlarged share capital of Billam after these shares have been admitted to
AIM is 1,156,426,397 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each.


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