RNS Number:4245Q
Xansa PLC
01 October 2003

     
TO:   Regulatory News Service
      The London Stock Exchange

Re:   Chapter 16, Paragraph 13 of CONTINUING OBLIGATIONS


Xansa plc (the "Company") announces that Mr A L Wood, an executive Director,
notified the Company on 1 October 2003 that on 30 September 2003 he disposed of
300,000 of the Company's ordinary shares of 5 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") at
a price of #1.03 per Ordinary Share and on 1 October 2003 he disposed of a
further 110,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of #1.03 per Ordinary Share.

As a result of these transactions, Mr Wood's beneficial interests in the
Company's Ordinary Shares (excluding options) have decreased to 1,224,047.


1 October 2003


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