RNS Number:4591I
International Power PLC
07 March 2003


                            International Power plc

This is to advise that on 7 March 2003, the following purchases of Ordinary
shares in International Power plc (the "Company") were made by the following
directors of the Company :


Director                                    No. of Shares               Purchase
Price                                                                (per share)

Sir Neville Simms                               70,000                   77.75p

David Crane                                     20,000                   77.50p

Philip Cox                                      10,000                   77.50p



As a result of these purchases, the total number of Ordinary Shares in the
Company held by each of these directors is as follows:



Director                                    No. of Shares



Sir Neville Simms                             100,000

David Crane                                    44,000

Philip Cox                                     25,000





Stephen Ramsay
Company Secretary




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