RNS Number:6179P
THB Group PLC
10 September 2003


                 THB Group plc ("THB") - director shareholding


                                  SCHEDULE 11
          NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS


1) Name of Company:        THB GROUP PLC

2) Name of director:       GILLIAN MARY COTTER

3) Please indicate whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest:

AS ABOVE


4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them. (If notified):

AS ABOVE


5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the
director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s):

AS IN 2 ABOVE


6) Please state the nature of the transaction:

PURCHASE OF ORDINARY SHARES


7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:     59,247


8) Percentage of issued class:                    0.224%


9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:     N/A


10) Percentage of issued class:                   N/A


11) Class of security:                            ORDINARY 10P


12) Price per share:                              132 PENCE


13) Date of transaction:                          9 SEPTEMBER 2003


14) Date company informed:                        9 SEPTEMBER 2003


15) Total holding following this notification:    600,000


16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:

2.264%


Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification:

ROBERT STEPHEN WILKINSON (DIRECTOR)


Date of notification:

9 SEPTEMBER 2003



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