Purchase of Own Securities

ROWE EVANS INVESTMENTS PLC Oil palm and rubber plantations in Indonesia The Company has today purchased 125,665 of its issued shares of 10p each for a consideration of 123p per share. The revised issued share capital, following completion of this transaction, will be £4,809,307.20 divided into 48,093,072 shares of 10p each. By order of the board M.P. Evans (UK) Limited Secretaries 26 February 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/02/26/20030226BIT01000/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/02/26/20030226BIT01000/wkr0002.pdf