Rule 8 - Blick Plc

    FORM 8.1/8.3

Lodge with Company Announcements Office (which will publicise and copy to the
Panel).
Use separate form for each class of securities in which dealings have been made.

	Date of disclosure  9th January 2004

DISCLOSURE  UNDER  RULES 8.1(a),   8.1(b)(i)   AND   8.3 
OF  THE CITY CODE  ON  TAKE-OVERS   AND  MERGERS

Date of dealing	7th January 2004

Dealing in  	Blick Plc	(name of company)

(1) Class of securities (eg ordinary shares) 	 Ordinary	

(2)					
Amount Bought	Amount Sold	Price Per Unit GBP
	               9,000	                  3.05
	
 	
 (3) Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled
(and percentage of class)  	-9,000	(-0.02%)

 (4) Party making disclosure 	J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd	

(5) EITHER	(a) Name of purchaser/vendor (Note 1)		
     OR 	(b) If dealing for discretionary client(s), name of fund management
organisation
		J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd	

(6) Reason for disclosure (Note 2)
	(a) associate of 	
           (i)  offeror (Note 3) 	                 NO
	(ii) offeree company  	Blick Plc        YES

Specify which category or categories of associate (1-8)     2	

 	If category (8), explain 		
	

 (b) Rule 8.3 (ie disclosure because of ownership or control of 1% or more of
the class of relevant securities dealt in) 	NO

Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (4) above 	

(Also print name of signatory)  	Sara Moth	

Telephone and extension number  	020 7325 5808