Directorate Change

Stanelco PLC
13 March 2006

13th March 2006

                    Stanelco plc ('Stanelco' or the 'Company')

                        Appointment of new Finance Director


Stanelco plc, the RF applications group, is pleased to announce the appointment
of Clive Warner as Finance Director. Mr Warner will commence his appointment
today replacing Mr Robert Boardman who leaves the Company today to pursue his
own business interests.



Clive Warner, age 53, joins Stanelco from NAAFI, a global provider of retail,
leisure and catering services to the Armed Forces, where he has served as
Finance Director since 2002. Clive is a Chartered Accountant who gained the
majority of his business experience in the retail and leisure sectors including
with Sears, Woolworth and UCI Cinemas. Clive will continue to serve as Finance
Director at Naafi before focusing full-time on his new role at Stanelco which
will be by 1 July 2006 at the latest.



Clive has been a non-executive director of Mygard plc since April 2004. There is
no additional disclosure required pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13.



Martin Wagner, Chief Executive, Stanelco plc commented: 'I am delighted that
Clive is joining our Board, his track record and wealth of experience will
strengthen the Company as we commercialise our technologies. I would also like
to thank Rob Boardman for his contribution towards the Company over the past
year and wish him success in his future endeavours.'



Clive Warner, Finance Director, Stanelco plc commented: 'I am looking forward to
the exciting challenge at Stanelco and contributing towards its future success.'



Stanelco has today granted options to the trustees of the Stanelco Plc Employee
Benefit Trust (EBT) to acquire (by way of subscription) 10,000,000 ordinary
shares in the capital of the Company for an exercise price of 15.18 pence per
share. The Director's and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (PDMR)
are interested in these options. Stanelco intends, in due course, to issue a
letter of wishes in respect of these share options to the trustees of the EBT
asking them to consider appointing these share options to sub trusts for the
benefit of Mr Martin Wagner his spouse, widow, children or stepchildren under
the age of 18 years old (in respect of an option over 5,000,000 shares at an
exercise price of 15.18 pence per share lapsing 12 March 2016) and for the
benefit of Mr Clive Warner his spouse, widow, children or stepchildren under the
age of 18 years old (in respect of an option over 5,000,000 shares at an
exercise price of 15.18 pence per share lapsing 12 March 2016). The appointment
of these share options into the proposed sub-trusts is at the discretion of the
trustees of the EBT and further announcement will be made should they choose to
act on the letter of wishes.



Robert Boardman continues to hold an option over 1,402,525 shares issued under
the EMI (Enterprise Management Incentive) scheme, but his interest in 6,097,475
share options held under the EBT lapses on cessation of his employment.



Including the options over 10,000,000 shares granted to the EBT today there are
options over 33,292,683 shares which have been granted by the Company to the
EBT. In addition to the above notification in respect of the 10,000,000 shares
subject to the options granted to the trustees of the EBT today, the Company
confirms that EBT holds share options on behalf of the Director's, PDMR and
employees as follows. For the benefit of Mr Ian Balchin and his family an option
over 8,000,000 shares at an exercise price of 10.25 pence per share lapsing 3
February 2015, for the benefit of Mr Howard White and his family an option over
7,024,390 shares at an exercise price of 10.25 pence per share lapsing 3
February 2015, for the benefit of Mr Robert Duggan and his family an option over
2,268,293 shares at an exercise price of 10.25 pence per share lapsing 3
February 2015, for the benefit of Mr Harald Schmidt and his spouse, children and
stepchildren under the age of 18 years old an option over 5,000,000 shares at an
exercise price of 19 pence per share lapsing 22 July 2015 and for the benefit of
Mr Martin Wagner and his family an option over 1,000,000 shares at an exercise
price of 19 pence per share lapsing 7 August 2015.

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For further information please contact:

Ian Balchin, Executive Vice Chairman
Stanelco PLC
Tel: [phone]

Jonathon Brill/Billy Clegg
Financial Dynamics
Tel: [phone]



About Stanelco plc


The Stanelco Group of companies (the Group) has brought together expertise in
radio frequency (RF) technology, RF applications and biodegradable material
sciences to create a revolutionary range of packaging technologies.



Stanelco's philosophy is that new products and processes must offer solutions
and applications which:



  - give higher added value,

  - are greener, more environmentally sustainable than those they replace and



  - have protectable intellectual property rights.



Stanelco will develop the products and processes to a demonstration stage and
then work with partners in order to reach the markets; and under these
circumstances Stanelco will usually seek to license its technology. Stanelco
invests considerable time and resources in ensuring its technologies are
protected via layers of patents wherever possible.



In this way Stanelco believes it can minimise commercial risk and preserve the
highest value for shareholders.



The products offering the prospect of near term revenue generation are being
given priority over the Group's resources.



Stanelco was founded in 1953 and is a world leader in the development of radio
frequency technologies for processing polymers for edible and packaging
applications and the design and manufacture of optical fibre technology,
induction heating and dielectric welding equipment. Stanelco's current
developments include GREENSEAL Food tray lidding technology, STARPOL (starch /
pva blended material), STARPOL 2000 (highly functional, low cost biodegradable
packaging material with food contact approvals) FrogPack high impact low cost
packaging format, CradleWrap range of biodegradable air cushion packaging,
Soluble tape, 100% water-soluble films and adhesives, Biodegradable Airbag (void
fill) packaging, edible hard-shell capsule technology, water-soluble detergent
capsules, edible sachets and waste packing.



GREENSEAL, STARPOL, FrogPack and CradleWrap are all trademarks of the Stanelco
plc group.





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