Directorate Change

Berkeley Berry Birch PLC
06 October 2005


                               DIRECTORATE CHANGE

The Board of Berkeley Berry Birch PLC is pleased to announce that Jonathan Hall
(41) has joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.
Mr Hall is Managing Director of Howard Denton International Limited, a
Birmingham based corporate finance boutique. He was previously Regional Director
of Tenon Group's Birmingham office. He is a Fellow of the Securities Institute
and is a director of Harbinger Capital PLC, an AIM-quoted investment company.
Between June 2003 and November 2004, Mr Hall was a director of Caplay PLC.
Other than as set out below Mr Hall has no details to disclose under paragraph 
9.6.13 of The Listing Rules:

Mr Hall was appointed a non-executive director of Bridgman Doors Limited in 
July 1999, acting as shareholder representative on behalf of a private company 
as part of its venture capital portfolio.  Bridgman was placed in creditors 
voluntary liquidation on 3 February 2000.  Secured and preferential creditors 
were paid in full.  Unsecured creditors amounting to £3.5 million received a 
dividend of 0.48p in the pound.

Mr Hall was an executive director of Candy & Co Limited between June 1996 and 
8 May 1998 when he sold his 5% shareholding to a subsidiary of the Company's 
parent Keramik Holding AG Laufen, a Swiss public company.  Candy & Co. Limited 
was placed in administrative receivership on 17 November 1998 and subsequently 
placed in compulsory liquidation.

End
October 6th, 2005



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