RNS Number:2750J
Sinclair (William) Holdings PLC
27 March 2003

William Sinclair Holdings plc ("Company") - Directors shareholdings


The Company announced a tender offer for 6,095,000 Ordinary shares at 63p per
share on 4 March 2003. The Directors did not tender any of their shares under
the tender offer. Following the completion of the tender offer on 26 March 2003
their shareholdings remain the same. However the percentage of their holdings of
the issued share capital of the Company have changed and the directors current
shareholdings are as follows:

                           Ordinary shares held    Percentage of issued    Ordinary shares held    Percentage of issued
                                   beneficially share capital following        non beneficially share capital following
                                                           tender offer                                    tender offer
P J F Barton                             88,220                    0.53                       -                       -
S Rowland                                     -                       -                       -                       -
P T Davenport                             6,264                    0.04                       -                       -
R S D Feaviour                           10,000                    0.06
C N Ouin                                      -                       -                  22,037                    0.13
T H Sinclair                            644,204                    3.89               1,560,833                    9.43


Mr T H Sinclair and MR C N Ouin hold 22,037 Ordinary shares jointly as trustees
of an approved profit sharing scheme.


The non-beneficial holding of Mr T H Sinclair includes 1,510,296 Ordinary shares
over which he holds a joint power of attorney for Noguer Investments S.A.


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