Director Shareholding

RNS Number:8803T
East Surrey Holdings PLC
06 January 2004


           East Surrey Holdings plc ("East Surrey" or "the Company")

                               Director's dealing

The Company was informed yesterday that, pursuant to purchases of ordinary
shares of 5p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on 5 January 2004 by the
trustee of the East Surrey Holdings Share Incentive Plan ("the Plan"), Mr. P
Holder and Mr. N Fisher both purchased 40 Ordinary Shares at a price of 312p per
share.  In addition, pursuant to the rules of the Plan, Messrs. Holder and
Fisher were both granted a further 8 Ordinary Shares for nil consideration.
These shares are to be registered in the name Capita IRG Trustees Limited.
Following these purchases and grants Mr. Holder has an interest in 185,311
Ordinary Shares and Mr. Fisher has an interest in 28,202 Ordinary Shares,
representing approximately 0.22 per cent. and 0.03 per cent. of the issued
ordinary share capital of the Company respectively.



6 January 2004



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