/ 18 December 2000

OZZ TO BUY BACK SHARES

SOUTH African industrial group Ozz Ltd plans to repurchase a total of 2.91m shares for an aggregate sum of R25.4m. Ozz said in a statement the shares would be acquired at a price of 875 cents per share on Friday, January 12, 2001 from Fedsure Life Assurance Ltd (2.4m shares) and Norwich Life SA Ltd (493 175 shares). – Reuters