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Sondex PLC
14 September 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN, INTO OR
FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE
RELEVANT LAWS IN THAT JURISDICTION

14 September 2007

Recommended Cash Offer for Sondex plc ("Sondex") by Drilling and Wireline
Solutions Limited ("DWSL"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Electric
Company.

Posting of Scheme Document

Sondex announces that the formal documentation relating to the recommended cash
offer ("Offer") by DWSL to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share
capital of Sondex is being posted to Sondex Shareholders today. Copies of the
Scheme Document are also being sent to holders of options under the Sondex Share
Schemes for their information only. The Offer is to be implemented by way of a
scheme of arrangement under section 425 of the Companies Act.

Shareholders will receive documentation including notices convening a Court
Meeting and an Extraordinary  General  Meeting  of Sondex  Shareholders  to 
approve  the  scheme  of arrangement

The anticipated timetable of principal events is as follows:

Latest time for lodging Forms of Proxy for the:

     -     Court Meeting                   10.00 a.m. on 7 October 2007
     -     EGM                             10.10 a.m. on 7 October 2007

Voting Record Time                         6.00 p.m. on 7 October 2007

Court Meeting                              10.00 a.m. on 9 October 2007

EGM                                        10.10 a.m. on 9 October 2007

Hearing and Order                          25 October 2007

Last day of dealings in, and for 
registration of transfers of, 
Sondex Shares                              25 October 2007

Scheme Record Time                         6.00 p.m. on 25 October 2007

Filing of the Court Order 
sanctioning the Scheme                     26 October 2007

Effective Date of the Scheme               26 October 2007
                                          
Intended date of payment                   26 October 2007

Cancellation of listing of Sondex Shares   7.30 a.m. on 26 October 2007

The Court Meeting and EGM will be held at the offices of Nabarro, Lacon House, 84
Theobald's Road, London WC1X BRW. The Scheme and the Capital Reduction will also
require the subsequent sanction and confirmation by the Court.    

Copies of the Scheme Document have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority 
and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's 
Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

The Financial Services Authority 
25 The North Colonnade 
Canary Wharf 
London E14 5HS

Capitalised terms used but not defined have the same meanings as set out in the 
Scheme Document.

Enquiries

Sondex                                                     +44(0)12 52852200
Martin Perry 
Chris Wilks

Investec (financial adviser and corporate                  +44 (0)20 7597 5970
broker to Sondex) 
James Grace 
Patrick Robb

College Hill Associates (PR adviser to Sondex)             +44 (0)20 7457 2020
Nick Elwes 
Paddy Blewer

Investec, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the
Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Sondex and no-one else
in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than
Sondex for providing the protections afforded to clients of Investec or for
providing advice in relation to the Offer.


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