Corporate Broker

Diploma PLC
22 April 2004



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                         22 April 2004


Appointment of Corporate Broker

Diploma PLC, the international specialised distribution group, is pleased to
announce that it has appointed Panmure Gordon, a division of Lazard, as the
Company's corporate broker with immediate effect.






For further enquiries please contact:

Bruce Thompson, Chief Executive Officer        020 7638 0934
Nigel Lingwood, Group Finance Director         020 7448 4875
Richard Gray, Panmure Gordon                   020 7187 2046
Dominic Morley, Panmure Gordon                 020 7187 2110




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