RNS Number:7585I
Sterling Publishing Group PLC
14 March 2003

Sterling Publishing Group PLC announces that it was informed today that three
directors of the Company have made the following dealings in the Company's
ordinary shares on 14 March 2003:


Name                                   Title       Purchased/Sold        No of Shares    Price per share
Simone Kesseler              Chief Executive            Purchased              30,000                 7p
Derek Watson*               Finance Director            Purchased             150,000                 7p
Laurence Garman               Sales Director                 Sold              83,700                 7p



NB*  Derek Watson's purchase was made through his personal pension plan.



Following these dealings the above directors' interests in the Company's
ordinary shares are as follows:


Name                                                         No of shares     Percentage of issued share
                                                                                                 capital
Simone Kesseler                                                   253,466                          0.30%
Derek Watson                                                      502,500                          0.60%
Laurence Garman                                                    13,702                          0.01%




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