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    Not for release, publication or distribution in, into or from the United    
               States, Canada, Australia, South Africa or Japan                

For immediate release 1 April 2005

                            Recommended Cash Offer                             

                                      by                                       

                     Dawnay, Day Corporate Finance Limited                     

                                 on behalf of                                  

                      Refco Trading Services (UK) Limited                      

                    (a subsidiary of Refco Group Ltd., LLC)                    

                                      for                                      

                                EasyScreen plc                                 

The Board of EasyScreen plc ("EasyScreen") today announced that it intends to
recommend the cash offer ("the Offer") to be made by Dawnay, Day Corporate
Finance Limited ("Dawnay Day") on behalf of Refco Trading Services (UK) Limited
("Refco") for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of EasyScreen.

Refco's approach was welcomed by the Board of EasyScreen, and the Board, who
have been so advised by Saffery Champness Corporate Finance ("Saffery
Champness"), believes that the terms of the Offer are fair and reasonable. In
providing its advice to the Board of EasyScreen, Saffery Champness has taken
into account the Directors' commercial assessments. The Directors have
irrevocably undertaken to accept the Offer in respect of their own beneficial
shareholdings totalling 4,687,649 EasyScreen Shares, representing 4.91 per
cent. of the issued share capital.

Shareholders of EasyScreen should await an announcement from Dawnay Day
regarding the timing of the posting of the Offer Document.

Enquiries:

EasyScreen plc                          + 44(0) 207 645 4600                   
                                                                               
Alastair Hunter                                                                
                                                                               
Saffery Champness Corporate Finance     + 44(0) 207 841 4000                   
                                                                               
Charles Simpson                                                                
                                                                               
Abchurch                                + 44(0) 207 398 7700                   
                                                                               
Chris Lane                                                                     

The issue of this document has been approved by the EasyScreen Board. The
Directors of EasyScreen accept responsibility for the information contained in
this document regarding EasyScreen and themselves. To the best of their
knowledge and belief (having taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is
the case) the information contained in this document regarding EasyScreen and
themselves is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to
affect the import of such information.

Saffery Champness, which is regulated by the Institute of Chartered Accountants
in England and Wales, is acting exclusively for EasyScreen and no-one else in
connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than
EasyScreen for providing the protections afforded to clients of Saffery
Champness or for giving advice in relation to the Offer or any other matter
referred to in this document.

Saffery Champness has given and has not withdrawn its written consent to the
issue of this document with the inclusion herein of references to it and its
opinion in the form and context in which they respectively appear.

The Offer is not being made directly or indirectly in or into, or by use of the
mails of, or by any means or instrumentality (including, without limitation,
facsimile transmission, telex, email, internet and telephone) of interstate or
foreign commerce of, or any facility of a national securities exchange of, the
United States, nor is it being made directly or indirectly in or into Canada,
Australia, South Africa or Japan, and the Offer cannot be accepted by any such
use, means, instrumentality or facility or from or within the United States,
Canada, Australia, South Africa or Japan. Accordingly, copies of this
announcement, the Offer Document, the Form of Acceptance and any related
documents are not being and must not be, mailed or otherwise distributed,
forwarded, transmitted or sent in, into or from the United States, Canada,
Australia, South Africa or Japan and persons receiving this announcement, the
Offer Document or the Form of Acceptance (including custodians, nominees and
trustees) must not mail or otherwise distribute, forward, transmit or send any
of them in, into or from the United States, Canada, Australia, South Africa or
Japan. Doing so may render invalid any purported acceptance of the Offer.
Further information for Overseas Shareholders is set out in the Offer Document.
Any Person (including, without limitation, any nominee, trustee or custodian)
who would, or otherwise intends to, or who may have a contractual or legal
obligation to, mail, distribute, forward or transmit this announcement, the
Offer Document, the Form of Acceptance or any related documents to any
jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom should read the relevant information in
the Offer Document before taking any action.



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