Director Shareholding

RNS Number:8258D
Hacas Group PLC
18 May 2001

                                    HACAS GROUP PLC

                 DIRECTORS' SHARE DEALINGS AND EXERCISE OF OPTIONS

Following institutional and private client investor demand for the Company's
shares, Julian Ashby, Derek Joseph, Jeffrey Zitron, Richard Wollenberg and
Peter Chapman (all directors of HACAS Group plc) have agreed to sell shares in
the Company.  In addition, Richard Wollenberg has exercised options in respect
of 1,000,000 shares.


A total of 800,000 shares representing 2.7% of the enlarged number of ordinary
shares in issue are being sold.  These shares were sold on 17 May 2001 at a
price of 95p each to institutional and other investors.


The interests of the directors in the share capital of the Company after
completion of these transactions is as follows:


                   No of    New shares acquired from       Revised   % of share
             shares sold         exercise of options  shareholding      capital


Julian Ashby     140,000                           -     5,906,725       20.2 %
Derek Joseph     140,000                           -     6,020,346       20.5 %
Jeffrey          140,000                           -     5,906,725       20.2 %
Zitron
Richard          340,000                   1,000,000     1,556,768        5.3 %
Wollenberg
Peter             40,000                           -     1,455,058        5.0 %
Chapman*
Robert                 -                           -        16,500        0.1 %
Orr-Ewing


* held in the name of Peter Chapman and his wife Joan Chapman


Application has been made for the new ordinary shares to be admitted to AIM.
These shares, which have been issued and allotted, will rank pari passu with
all other shares currently in issue and it is expected that these shares will
be admitted to trading on AIM on 23 May 2001.  The enlarged number of shares
in issue is now 29,300,956.


For enquiries contact:

Julian Ashby (Chairman, HACAS Group plc)    020 7609 9491

Oliver Scott (Peel Hunt plc)                020 7418 8900