RNS Number:7883J
Bilston & Battersea Enamels PLC
08 April 2003

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Canada, Japan or Australia.

                               Press Announcement

                             FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


                                  8 April 2003

                             RECOMMENDED CASH OFFER

                                       By

                               RSM ROBSON RHODES

                                  On behalf of

                       ENESCO HOLDINGS LIMITED ("Enesco")

                                      For

                  BILSTON & BATTERSEA ENAMELS PLC ("Bilston")


            FIRST CLOSING DATE - OFFER DECLARED WHOLLY UNCONDITIONAL

On 18 March 2003, the boards of Enesco and Bilston announced a recommended cash
offer (the "Offer") made by RSM Robson Rhodes, on behalf of Enesco, to acquire
the entire issued share capital of Bilston.

The board of Enesco announces that, as at 3.00pm today, being the first closing
date for the Offer, Enesco had received valid acceptances of the Offer in
respect of 8,401,678 Bilston Shares, representing approximately 94.69 per cent
of the issued share capital of Bilston.  The board of Enesco announces that the
Offer has been declared wholly unconditional and will therefore remain open for
acceptance until further notice.

On 18 March 2003, Enesco announced that it had received irrevocable undertakings
to accept the Offer in respect of, in aggregate, 6,282,588 Bilston Shares,
representing approximately 70.81 per cent of the issued share capital of
Bilston. Valid acceptances have been received in respect of all these Bilston
shares and are included in the valid acceptance above.

Save as disclosed in this announcement, neither Enesco, nor any person acting or
deemed to be acting in concert with Enesco for the purposes of the Offer, held
any Bilston Shares or rights over Bilston Shares prior to the commencement of
the Offer period on 18 March 2003 nor have they acquired or agreed to acquire
any Bilston shares or rights over Bilston Shares during the Offer Period.

As set out in the Offer Document, settlement of the consideration in respect of
valid acceptances already received will be effected by 22 April 2003. Settlement
of the consideration in respect of valid acceptances received after 3.00pm on 8
April 2003 will be effected within 14 days of such receipt.

As stated in the Offer Document, Enesco now intends to procure that Bilston
applies for cancellation of the trading of Bilston Shares on the Alternative
Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.

Since Enesco has now received valid acceptances under the Offer in respect of
over 90 per cent of the issued share capital of Bilston, it also intends in due
course to acquire compulsorily any Bilston Shares, for which valid acceptances
under the Offer have not at that time been received, under the provisions of
sections 428 to 430F (inclusive) of the Companies Act 1985.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this
announcement are the same as those used in the Offer Document dated 18 March
2003.



Enquiries:

Enesco                                                             01228 404040
John Hammond
Lawrence Jennings

RSM Robson Rhodes                                         0113 225 4000
(Financial Adviser to Enesco)
Neil Crawford



RSM Robson Rhodes, which is regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial
Services Authority in respect of regulated activities, is acting exclusively for
Enesco and for no one else in connection with the Offer and is not advising any
other person or treating any other person as its client in relation thereto, and
will not be responsible to anyone other than Enesco for providing the
protections afforded to clients of RSM Robson Rhodes, or for providing advice in
relation to the Offer or in relation to the contents of this announcement or any
transaction or arrangement referred to herein.

This Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly in or into the United
States, Canada, Japan or Australia, or by use of the mails of, or by any means
of instrumentality (including without limitation, facsimile transmission, e-mail
or telephone) of inter-state or foreign commerce of, or any facilities of a
national securities exchange of, the United States, Canada, Japan or Australia
and the Offer cannot be accepted by any such use, means instrumentality or
facility, or from within any of these countries.  Accordingly, copies of this
announcement, the Offer Document and the Form of Acceptance are not being, and
must not be, mailed or otherwise distributed or sent in or into or from, the
United States, Canada, Japan or Australia and persons receiving such documents
(including custodians, trustees and nominees) must not distribute or send them
to, into or from the United States, Canada, Japan or Australia, nor use the
United States, Canadian, Japanese or Australian mails or any such means or
instrumentality for any purpose, directly or indirectly, in connection with the
Offer and doing so may invalidate any purported acceptance of the offer by
persons in any such jurisdiction.

This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or invitation to purchase
or subscribe for any securities.

The directors of Enesco accept responsibility for the information contained in
this announcement.  To the best of the knowledge and belief of the directors of
Enesco (who have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the
information contained in this announcement for which they are responsible, is in
accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import
of such information.


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