Bateman Engineering N.V. ("Bateman Engineering or the “Company")

1 July 2008   (London)

RNS Number : 9396X

Management share purchase

Bateman Engineering announces that Jonathan Edward (Eddie) Du Rand (CEO Designate) has on 30 June 2008 acquired 15,000 shares in the Company at a purchase price of 170 pence per share.

Eddie Du Rand's appointment as Chief Executive Officer and executive director will be proposed to shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting to be held on 25 July 2008 in Amsterdam.

ENQUIRIES:

Bateman Engineering
Dr. Sivi Gounden, CEO		+31 20 502 2370
Eddie Du Rand, Deputy CEO Pieter Du Plessis, CFO		+31 20 502 2370 +41 55 451 9010
Dresdner Kleinwort
Chris Treneman		+44 20 7623 8000
Alex Metherell		+44 20 7623 8000
Andrew Hollins		+44 20 7623 8000
College Hill
Nicholas Potter (Analysts)			+44 20 7457 2037
Adam Aljewicz			+44 20 7457 2029

Note for editors:

Bateman Engineering is a technology-driven engineering-project house serving the minerals and metals industries worldwide. Bateman Engineering's shares (BATE.L) are traded on AIM, a market of the London Stock Exchange.