RNS Number:8284Q
Raft International PLC
13 October 2003


                     Raft International plc ("the Company")

                     Rule 2.1 and application for Admission

The Company announces that it has today issued 28,850 new ordinary shares of 5p
each pursuant to the exercise of options by one of the Company's employees. The
new ordinary shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares of
the Company and application has been made to AIM for the admission to trading of
the shares, which is expected to commence on 15 October 2003.

As the Company is still in a bid situation, pursuant to Rule 2.1 of the City
Code on Takeovers and Mergers it confirms that, following the issue and
admission to trading of the new ordinary shares, it will have 65,749,724
Ordinary Shares of 5p in issue and admitted to trading on AIM under the ISIN
code GB0009754655.



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