RNS No 5331m
BRENT INTERNATIONAL PLC
15 September 1999

Not for release, publication or distribution in or into 
          the United States or Canada


               RECOMMENDED CASH OFFER FOR
BRENT INTERNATIONAL PLC ("Brent") BY WARBURG DILLON READ
               ON BEHALF OF CHEMETALL GmbH

In  connection with the offer (the "Offer")  made  on  21
July  1999  by Warburg Dillon Read on behalf of Chemetall
GmbH,  a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dynamit Nobel AG,  to
acquire all of the issued and to be issued Brent Ordinary
Shares, acceptances have been received in respect of more
than  90 per cent. of the Brent Ordinary Shares to  which
the Offer relates.

Chemetall GmbH has today posted compulsory  acquisition
notices pursuant to section 429(4) of the Companies Act
1985 to Brent Ordinary Shareholders who have not validly
accepted the Offer.

It is anticipated that application will be made to  the
London Stock Exchange for Brent Ordinary Shares  to  be
delisted from the London Stock Exchange on 27 October
1999.

Warburg  Dillon Read, the investment banking division  of
UBS  AG,  which is regulated in the UK by The  Securities
and  Futures  Authority Limited, is  acting  for  Dynamit
Nobel AG and Chemetall GmbH and no one else in connection
with  the  Offer  and will not be responsible  to  anyone
other  than  Dynamit  Nobel AG  and  Chemetall  GmbH  for
providing  the  protections  afforded  to  customers   of
Warburg  Dillon Read or for providing advice in  relation
to the proposals set out in this letter.

The  Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly,  in
or into the United States or Canada.

END

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