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Chrysalis Group PLC
18 December 2003

                              CHRYSALIS GROUP PLC

                   Announcement to the London Stock Exchange

On 17 December 2003 the following Directors of Chrysalis Group plc (the
"Company") purchased Chrysalis Group plc ordinary shares of 2 pence par value at
a price of 220 pence per ordinary share:

Name of Director         Number of      Total aggregate     % Issued  
   (or relation to       ordinary          holding           share    
     Director, if         shares        following share     capital   
    appropriate)        purchased          purchase                   

  C. Wright               6,651          43,599,440*        25.989%   

  R. Huntingford          21,750           520,455          0.310%    

  P. Riley                22,348           176,940          0.105%    

  N. Butterfield          13,303            19,263          0.011%    

* Included within Mr Wright's aggregate interest in 43,599,440
Chrysalis Shares are 112,795 Chrysalis Shares which are held by a
family trust, The UK Wright Family Trust, on behalf of Mr Wright's
infant child, together with a non-beneficial interest in 520 shares. 

The above purchases qualify as Investment Shares for the purposes of
the Chrysalis Group plc 2003 Long Term Incentive Plan. As a result,
the Remuneration Committee on behalf of the Company granted on 17
December 2003 the following matching share awards over ordinary
shares of 2 pence par value in the Company under the Chrysalis Group
plc 2003 Long Term Incentive Plan: 

                                                         
              Name of Director    Matching Share Awards  

              C. Wright                   28,407         

              R. Huntingford              92,897         

              P. Riley                    95,452         

              N. Butterfield              56,817         

The exercise price for the above awards is two pence per ordinary
share (the par value of an ordinary share). The awards will normally
vest on 17 December 2006 subject to continued employment, the meeting
of a total shareholder return performance condition and the continued
ownership of the associated Investment Shares. 

The above named Directors notified the Company of their respective
interests in these shares on 17 December 2003. 
 
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