RNS Number:9834Q
THB Group PLC
16 October 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:              VICTOR HERBERT THOMPSON



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:       73,000



8) Percentage of issued class:                      0.275%



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:

  137 PENCE



13) Date of transaction:

16 OCTOBER 2003



14) Date company informed:                                               

16 OCTOBER 2003



15) Total holding following this notification:                        7,360,000



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

27.774%




Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification:

ROBERT STEPHEN WILKINSON (DIRECTOR)



Date of notification:

16 OCTOBER 2003



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