Directorate Change

Hornby PLC
23 November 2007


                     HORNBY STRENGTHENS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Hornby Plc ('Hornby'), the international hobby products group, has today
announced the appointments of Andrew Morris, age 45, as Group Finance Director
and Nigel Carrington and Mark Rolfe as additional non-executives to its Board.
John Stansfield will relinquish his role as Finance Director of Hornby Plc, but
will continue in his capacity as Group Company Secretary and will continue as
Finance Director of Hornby Hobbies Limited, the main operating subsidiary of the
Group.

Andrew Morris, a qualified accountant, was Finance Director of Speedo
International, the branded swimwear wholesale and retailing group, between 2000
and 2006. Speedo International, a part of the Pentland Group, has an extensive
global presence with distribution in over 170 countries, managed through a
network of subsidiaries, 3rd party distributors and 3rd party licensees. During
his time at Speedo Andrew served as interim CEO on two separate occasions. Prior
to that Andrew spent 16 years with Glaxo Smithkline plc , latterly as Finance
and Logistics Director, Africa.  Andrew will join the Board as Group Finance
Director on 26 November 2007.

Nigel Carrington, until recently Managing Director and Deputy Chairman of
McLaren Group, will join the Board as a non-executive Director on 1 December
2007. Nigel is a corporate lawyer and, prior to joining McLaren, was Managing
Partner of Baker & McKenzie, London and Chairman of the Firm's European/Middle
East Regional Council. Nigel is a non-executive director of University College
London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Chairman of its Investment Committee.

Mark Rolfe, a qualified accountant, was Finance Director of Gallaher Group Plc
for 7 years until April 2007, when the group was acquired for £9.8 billion by
Japan Tobacco Inc. Mark is leaving Gallaher on 31 December 2007 after 21 years
in various finance and executive roles, and will join the Board as a
non-executive Director with effect from 1 January 2008.

Neil Johnson, Chairman of Hornby, said,

' Hornby has grown dramatically over the past few years and is now a more
complex and demanding international business. The appointments announced today
place the Group in a much stronger position to continue to take full advantage
of the opportunities that we envisage over the coming years.'


Other than as stated above there are no further details to disclose under Rule
9.6.13 of the Listing Rules.

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Date: 23 November 2007
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