Holding in Company

Walker Greenbank PLC 1 November 2001 DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS 1) NAME OF COMPANY WALKER GREENBANK PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST PETER GYLLENHAMMER 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 AS 2 ABOVE 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. PETER GYLLENHAMMER - 4,050,000 UNION PLC - 500,000 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. 200,000 6) (0.35%) of issued Class 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 8) ( N/A %) of issued Class 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 1p 10) Date of transaction 26-10-2001 11) Date company informed 30-10-2001 12) Total holding following this notification 5,250,000 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 9.3% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries JULIAN B WILSON - 01442 234666 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification 1/11/2001