17 February 2003

R J Margetts Director shareholding clarification.

On 14 February 2003, The BOC Group plc announced under reference PRNUK -
1402021216-24A6 at 12:18pm that Robert John Margetts had purchased 6,000
shares. The price of the shares was omitted from this notification and a
subsequent notification, superseding the previous notification, was released
under reference PRNUK - 1402031229-554C at 12.30pm detailing the share price of
743p.



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