Directorate

ACAL PLC
1 September 1999

                                   Acal plc
                                       
     Appointment of David Channing-Williams as Non-Executive Director

Acal plc, the leading value-added distributor providing specialist design-in,
sales and marketing services for international suppliers in the field of
Electronic Components, Information Technology Products, Personal Computer Spare
Parts and Industrial Controls, announces the appointment of David
Channing-Williams as Non-Executive Director.

David Channing-Williams, 51, has been at the centre of the evolution of Vodafone
Group plc from the Company's inception in 1985 and was part of the management
team that helped it attain its current top ten ranking in the FTSE 100 index. He
joined as Marketing Director of Vodafone Ltd and later ran most of the Company's
UK subsidiaries as well as being a Non-Executive Director on a number of
overseas boards. He retired earlier this year as Managing Director of Vodafone
Ltd in the UK, having been a main board director since 1996.

He is also a Non-Executive Director of Adam Associates Ltd.

John Curry, Chairman of Acal commented:-

'We are delighted to welcome David Channing-Williams to the Board. His
experience of the rapidly changing communications market and the international
marketplace will be invaluable to Acal.'

David Channing-Williams commented:-

'I look forward immensely to working with the management team at Acal who have
extensive experience in the electronics industry. These are exciting times for
companies in the world of technology and communications and Acal is right at the
heart of servicing those sectors.'

Enquiries:

Acal plc            John Curry, Chairman               01276 474406
                    Jim Virdee, Finance Director

Cubitt Consulting   Fergus Wylie, Partner              0171 394 8890