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RNS No 261d
INSPEC GROUP PLC
15th September 1998


NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN

                            LAPORTE PLC
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              RECOMMENDED OFFER FOR INSPEC GROUP PLC
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                  OFFER OPEN UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
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As at 3.00pm on 15th September, 1998 (the second closing date of
the Offer), Laporte plc ('Laporte') had purchased or received
acceptances in respect of 160,952,222 Inspec Group plc ('Inspec')
Shares, representing 91.1 per cent. of the existing issued share
capital of Inspec.

*         These acceptances include acceptances in respect of
          110,407,532 Inspec Shares representing approximately
          62.5 per cent. of the existing issued share capital of
          Inspec.  These acceptances include acceptances received
          from persons acting in concert with Laporte as detailed
          below.

*         These acceptances also include acceptances in respect of
          6,608,903 Inspec Shares (representing approximately 4
          per cent. of the issued share capital of Inspec) which
          were the subject of irrevocable undertakings to accept
          the Offer given to Laporte on 5th August, 1998 by
          directors of Inspec.

*         In addition, between 4th (the start of the Offer Period)
          and 6th August, 1998, Laporte purchased in the market
          50,544,690 Inspec Shares representing approximately 28.6
          per cent. of the existing issued share capital of
          Inspec.

Credit Suisse Asset Management, which is acting in concert with
Laporte, held 4,800 Inspec Shares on 4th August, 1998 representing
approximately 0.003 per cent. of Inspec's existing issued share
capital.

Save as disclosed herein, neither Laporte nor any person acting in
concert with Laporte, held any Inspec Shares or rights over Inspec
Shares before 4th August, 1998 nor has any such person acquired or
agreed to acquire any Inspec Shares or rights over Inspec Shares
since 4th August, 1998.

Inspec Shareholders who have not yet accepted the Offer should
despatch their Forms of Acceptance as soon as possible.

The Offer and the Loan Note Alternative will remain open until
further notice.

In due course, Laporte intends to implement the necessary
procedures to acquire compulsorily, pursuant to sections 428 to
430 of the Companies Act 1985, those Inspec Shares for which valid
acceptances of the Offer are not received.

Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions contained
in the Offer Document dated 7th August, 1998, also apply in this
announcement.

ENQUIRIES

LAPORTE PLC                             Tel:  0171 399 2400
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James Leng
Michael Kayser

LAZARD BROTHERS & CO., LIMITED          Tel: 0171 588 2721
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Nigel Turner
John Wilford

FINSBURY                                Tel: 0171 251 3801
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James Murgatroyd
Tom Hampson


Lazard Brothers & Co., Limited, which is regulated in the United
Kingdom by The Securities and Futures Authority Limited, is acting
exclusively for Laporte plc and no one else in connection with the
Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than Laporte plc
for providing the protections afforded to customers of Lazard
Brothers & Co., Limited, nor for providing advice in relation to
the Offer.

The Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into or
by use of the mails, or any means or instrumentality (including,
without limitation, facsimile transmission, telex or telephone) of
interstate or foreign commerce of, or any facilities of a national
securities exchange of, the United States, nor is it being made in
Canada, Australia or Japan and the Offer should not be accepted by
any such use, means, instrumentality or facilities or from within
the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan.  Doing so may
render invalid any purported acceptance.  Accordingly, copies of
this announcement are not being, and must not be, mailed or
otherwise distributed or sent in or into the United States,
Canada, Australia or Japan.

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