NOTIFIES MARCH'S CONVERSION RESULT OF ECD-II
09 April 1997
                            
                                Loxley  Plc.  (LOXLEY)  notified result of its 9th conversion in March 
 1997  on  Euro Convertible Debentures (ECDs) issued in the second tranche, 
 in that no conversion intentions were forwarded during the month.
     LOXLEY  has  on April 4, 1996 offered these ECDs, worth US$105 million 
 totally,  in  the  foreign  market. Holders of these ECDs were granted the 
 right  to  convert  the ECDs into the company's common shares from July 4, 
 1996 onwards.