Directorate Change

4imprint Group PLC
06 April 2004


Press Release                                                      6 April 2004

                               4imprint Group plc

                         ('4imprint' or 'the Company')

                               Board appointment


4imprint Group plc, the marketing support services and promotional products
group, today announces the appointment of Ken Minton CBE to its Board, as a
non-executive director.  He will serve as the senior independent director.

Ken Minton, has spent the last 40 years managing change at some of the largest
and best known British companies having served on the board of several FTSE250
companies.  He spent 30 years at Laporte PLC culminating in ten years as Chief
Executive where he led the growth of the company through acquisition and
corporate expansion.  Ken has also served on the boards of John Mowlem PLC, SGB
Group PLC, Inveresk PLC and Arjo Wiggins Appleton PLC, the latter two as
Chairman. He is currently a non-executive director of Tomkins PLC as well as
Solvay SA, the Belgian multinational chemicals and pharmaceuticals group.

Commenting on the appointment, Edward Bramson, Chairman of 4imprint Group plc,
said, 'Ken has a highly successful record of managing controlled acquisitive
growth, most notably as Chief Executive at Laporte which was built from a small
base to a £1 billion turnover international chemicals business. Ken's experience
will complement that of the rest of the Board as well as the sales and marketing
focus we expect of the new chief executive.  We expect Ken to make a major
contribution to 4imprint's growth plans for the years ahead.'

Pursuant to paragraph 6.F.2 (a) of the UKLA Listing Rules Ken Minton has been a
director of the following companies in the last five years:

Current directorships:            Tomkins PLC
Past directorships:               Arjo Wiggins Appleton PLC
                                  Caradon PLC
                                  Inveresk PLC
                                  SGB Group PLC

There are no other details that require disclosure, pursuant to paragraph 6.F.2
                                     (b-g).


                                    - Ends -

For further information, please contact:
4imprint Group plc
Edward Bramson, Chairman                               Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]                            www.4imprint.com


Media enquiries:
Bankside

Henry Harrison-Topham                                  Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]                                    www.bankside.com


Notes to editors:

4imprint Group plc (LSE: FOUR) is a leading international company in the highly
fragmented US$30 billion promotional products industry.  Globally, the Company
is the largest direct marketer of imprinted promotional products and the fourth
largest distributor.  In the UK, 4imprint is the leading marketing support
services company in the industry.

4imprint's businesses operate in three areas:

•    Marketing Support Services provides outsourced services and promotional 
     products for blue-chip companies in their brand development and
     marketing activities;

•    Direct Marketing which sells promotional products directly to businesses 
     through the internet and catalogues; and

•    AIA, a US and Canada franchise network distributing promotional products.

The Company's blue-chip roster of clients includes, amongst others, BT, British
Airways, IBM, JCB and Motorola, Microsoft, and other leading companies which use
promotional products to build their brand and increase customer loyalty.

The Group headquarters is in Whitefield with other UK facilities in Manchester,
London and Bristol.  4imprint's US offices are located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
In addition, 4imprint has operations in France, Germany, and Hong Kong.


Websites:

www.4imprint.com
www.4imprint.co.uk
www.4imprint.ie
www.4imprint.com/canada


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