FDC Financial Dev

RNS No 4686x
FOCUS DYNAMICS PLC
15 September 1999

                              
BRECKENBURN LIMITED ("BRECKENBURN") OFFER (THE "OFFER")  FOR
THE  ENTIRE ISSUED AND TO BE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL  OF  FOCUS
DYNAMICS   PLC  ("FOCUS")  -  51.63  PER  CENT.   LEVEL   OF
ACCEPTANCES

On  20  August  1999,  a cash offer was  announced  by  Apax
Partners on behalf of Breckenburn for the issued and  to  be
issued share capital of Focus.

By  3.00pm London time on 14 September 1999, being the first
closing  date  of the Offer, Breckenburn had received  valid
acceptances  from  the  holders of  7,966,527  Focus  Shares
(representing approximately 48.36 per cent. of the  existing
issued share capital of Focus).

In addition, on 20 August 1999, Breckenburn acquired 539,000
Focus  Shares representing approximately 3.27 per  cent.  of
the issued share capital of Focus at 32p per share.

Accordingly,   Breckenburn  now  owns,   or   has   received
acceptances  in  respect  of  in aggregate  8,505,527  Focus
Shares  representing approximately 51.63 per  cent.  of  the
issued share capital of Focus.

The   total   number   of  acceptances   received   included
acceptances   in   respect   of   4,336,049   Focus   Shares
(representing 26.3 per cent. of the issued share capital  of
Focus) which were the subject of irrevocable undertakings to
accept the Offer.

The  Offer  will  remain open for acceptance  until  further
notice.  Terms defined in the original offer document  dated
24  August  1999 have the same meaning in this  announcement
unless the context requires otherwise.

Apax  Partners,  which is regulated by  The  Securities  and
Futures Authority Limited, is acting for Breckenburn and  no
one else in connection with the Offer for Focus and will not
be   responsible  to  anyone  other  than  Breckenburn   for
providing the protections afforded to their customers or for
providing advice in relation to the Offer.

Apax   Partners  has  approved  this  announcement   as   an
investment advertisement solely for the purposes of  section
57 of the Financial Services Act 1986.

The directors of Breckenburn, whose names are Grant Findlay,
Bill Eastwood and Trevor Wheatley accept responsibility  for
the information contained in this announcement.  To the best
of  the knowledge and belief of the directors of Breckenburn
(who  have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such  is
the case), the information contained in this announcement is
in  accordance  with the facts and does  not  omit  anything
likely to affect the import of such information.

The  Offer will not be made, directly or indirectly,  in  or
into the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan.


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