RNS Number:8899Q
Xansa PLC
14 October 2003


TO:  Regulatory News Service
     The London Stock Exchange


Re:  Chapter 16, Paragraph 13 of CONTINUING OBLIGATIONS
     
Xansa plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 14 October
2003 for the purposes of Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985 that Xansa
Trustee Company Limited, trustee of the Inland Revenue approved Xansa All
Employee Share Ownership Plan ('AESOP') had purchased 149,974 of the Company's
ordinary shares of 5 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") on 13 October 2003 at 120
pence each. The Ordinary Shares had been purchased under the "Partnership"
shares section of the AESOP from funds received from participating eligible
employees.

Under the terms of the AESOP, "Partnership" shares are matched on a 1:1 basis
with "Matching" shares provided out of the AESOP Trust.  The Trust is a
discretionary trust for the benefit of employees of the Company and its
subsidiaries, which operates in conjunction with the Company's AESOP and holds
Ordinary Shares purchased by employees under the "Partnership" and "Matching"
shares section of AESOP as well as holding Ordinary Shares required for "
Matching".

Except where otherwise referred to, the directors named below were allocated 208
Ordinary Shares each (104 "Partnership" shares and 104 "Matching" shares) having
elected to participate in the AESOP.

As a consequence, the beneficial and non-beneficial interests in Ordinary Shares
(excluding options) of the directors listed below have increased to:

     Name:                         Ordinary Shares

     Mr A R Cox:                            37,805
     Mr P R Gill:                           22,289
     Mr S R Weston:                         13,439
     Mr A L Wood:                        1,224,255


The Company, further announces that it received notification on 14 October 2003
that at 10 October 2003 Xansa Trustee Company Limited, had transferred 9,693
Ordinary Shares on behalf of participants leaving the AESOP.

Directors who are potential beneficiaries of the AESOP are;

     Mrs L K Barrat
     Mr A R Cox
     Mr P R Gill
     Mr S R Weston
     Mr A L Wood


The total holding of the AESOP Trust amounts to 13,849,904 Ordinary Shares.


14 October 2003


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