RNS Number:7442Q
Cox Insurance Holdings PLC
09 October 2003



On 9 October 2003 the Trustees of Cox Insurance Holdings Plc 1996 Employees'
Share Ownership Plan Trust ("the ESOP") transferred 33,741 ordinary shares in
the Company to option holders exercising options in accordance with the scheme
rules.


These transactions result in the ESOP holding 4,811,298 shares, 1.56% of the
Company's issued share capital. The ESOP is a discretionary Trust for the
benefit of employees and their families of the Company and its subsidiaries.


Messrs P E Owen, J Morley and N A Utley ("the executive directors") being
employees of the Company are included as potential beneficiaries under the ESOP.







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