RNS No 2003j
CASSELL PLC
12th October 1998

The issuer has made the following alteration to the
CASSELL PLC - FURTHER RE CASH OFFER
announcement released today.

The last word of the third paragraph should read "Cassell" and not "Macmillan"
as previously stated.

All other details shown below remain unchanged.
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This announcement is not for release, publication or distribution in or into
the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan

                                  Cash Offer
                                      by
                         Singer & Friedlander Limited
                                 on behalf of
                         Macmillan Publishers Limited
                            to acquire Cassell PLC

It  was  announced earlier today that Singer & Friedlander Limited ("Singer  &
Friedlander"),  on behalf of Macmillan Publishers Limited ("Macmillan"),  will
make  a  cash offer ("the Offer") for the whole of the issued and to be issued
ordinary  share capital of Cassell PLC ("Cassell"), which values each ordinary
share of Cassell at 100p and Cassell at approximately #7.3 million.

In relation to the Offer, Macmillan has now purchased from certain
institutional shareholders, referred to below, in aggregate 1,093,591 ordinary
shares of Cassell representing approximately 14.9 per cent. of the issued
share capital of Cassell at 100p per ordinary share.

In addition Macmillan has received intentions to support the Offer in respect
of, in aggregate, 3,594,909 ordinary shares of Cassell, representing
approximately 48.9 per cent. of the issued share capital of Cassell.  These
Cassell Shares when aggregated with the Cassell Shares already purchased by
Macmillan represent approximately 63.9 per cent. of the issued share capital
of Cassell.

Further details relating to the Offer are set out in the announcement of the
Offer made earlier today.

The names of the institutional shareholders referred to above are Jupiter
Asset Management Limited and Jupiter Asset Management (Bermuda) Limited;
Herald Investment Management Limited; Mercury Asset Management Limited;
INVESCO Asset Management Limited; Perpetual Portfolio Management Limited and
Perpetual Unit Trust Management Limited; and Phillips & Drew Fund Management
Limited, each of whom has sold 99,481and 43,151; 180,535; 109,627; 289,230;
42,617 and 151,097; and 177,853 ordinary shares of Cassell respectively.

Enquiries:-

Macmillan Publishers Limited                           0171 881 8000
Richard Charkin

Singer & Friedlander Limited                           0171 623 3000
Graham Hall

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

The  Offer will not be made, directly or indirectly, in or into, or by use  of
the   mails  or  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 will it be made in Canada, Japan or Australia and the Offer should not  be
accepted by any such use, means, instrumentality or facilities or from  within
the United States, Canada, Japan or Australia. 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, Japan or Australia.


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