RNS Number:5896K
Warner Estate Holdings PLC
30 April 2003



                   Warner Estate Holdings PLC ("the Company")

                            Directors' Shareholding


Messrs. P C T Warner, P W Collins and R Moore, Directors of the Company, each
purchased 74 Ordinary shares in the Company today at 338p each under the
Company's All Employee Share Ownership Plan ("the AESOP"). Each Director
purchased 37 of their shares as Partnership Shares and 37 shares each were
purchased by the Company as Matching Shares under the rules of the AESOP. All
shares were purchased on their behalf by Capita IRG Trustees Limited, the
Trustee of the AESOP. The Trustee will hold the Shares in Trust for a minimum
period of five years following the date of the purchase. The shares purchased
represent less than 0.001 per cent. of the Company's issued ordinary share
capital.

The Directors' total interests under the AESOP are as follows:-


                  No. of      No. of        No. of         No. of 
               Partnership   Matching      Dividend         Free
                 Shares       Shares        Shares         Shares       Total
                                                                                     
P C T Warner      728          728            0             888         2,344
P W Collins       728          728            95            888         2,439
R Moore           728          728            95            888         2,439


The Directors' other interests in the shares of the Company are unchanged.

Date: 30 April 2003.


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