Purchase of Own Securities

BERTAM HOLDINGS PLC Oil palm plantations and property development in Malaysia The Company has today purchased 10,000 of its issued shares of 10p each for a consideration of £1.93 per share. The revised issued share capital, following completion of this transaction, will be £2,787,087.30 divided into 27,870,873 shares of 10p each. By order of the board M.P. Evans (UK) Limited Secretaries 16 December 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/12/16/20021216BIT01040/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/12/16/20021216BIT01040/wkr0002.pdf