Notice of EGM

Molins PLC 24 November 2000 Molin PLC announces that, to retain the flexibility to make purchases of its own ordinary shares of 25p, the Directors have decided to seek further shareholder authority at an extraordinary general meeting to be held on Wednesday 20 December 2000 to make purchases of up to a maximum of 3,183,541 of the Company's ordinary shares of 25p each (representing approximately 15% of the current issued ordinary share capital). The notice convening the Extraordinary General Meeting will be posted to shareholders on 24 November 2000. To date the Directors have been granted five separate authorities to purchase and cancel a total of 20,270,451 ordinary shares of 25p each and pursuant to those authorities the Company has purchased 14,352,070 shares. Each authority is revoked by the next authority approved by the Company's shareholders. The current authority was granted at an extraordinary general meeting held on 27 October 2000 when the Directors were authorised to purchase and cancel 3,787,842 ordinary shares of 25p each (approximately 15% of the then issued ordinary share capital). Pursuant to that authority the Company has purchased 3,100,000 shares.