Christopher Burnett Appointed Executive Chairman

Marshalls PLC
3 December 1999


BOARD REORGANISATION AND APPOINTMENT
OF AN ADDITIONAL NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The Board of Marshalls Plc announces that with immediate effect Mr Christopher
Burnett is appointed Executive Chairman.  He joined the Board in 1993 as a
non-executive director and was appointed non-executive Chairman in November
1997.

Over the last year, at the Board's request, he has been increasing the amount
of time he spends working alongside the executive directors.

The management change is being made to enable Philip Marshall, Chief
Executive, to devote himself full time to his other role as head of the
largest part of the Group, the Landscape Products Division, implementing the
new initiatives announced at the time of the interim results.  These involve
reorganising the Division into regionally based manufacturing and distribution
profit centres and the launch of a major new marketing campaign in Spring
2000.  Philip will therefore be stepping down from his role as Chief Executive
of the Group.

Under the new structure Philip Marshall Chief Executive Landscape Products
Division, Blair Illingworth Chief Executive Clay Products Division and Graham
Holden Chief Executive Emerging Businesses Division will report directly to
Christopher Burnett as Executive Chairman.  Graham Holden also continues as
Finance Director.

Mr Christopher Burnett said 'This change is being made so that we can give
more focus to, and implement more quickly, the growth opportunities in our
existing businesses, and at the same time continue to work on the strategic
development of the Group.'

Mr Philip Marshall said 'The moves we are making to improve customer service
through the introduction of Service Centres, and grow the market for our
landscape products with a major new marketing campaign are very exciting.  The
management changes will allow me to put all of my efforts into these
initiatives'.

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The Board also announces the appointment of Mr Mike Stacey as a third non
executive director.

Mike Stacey is Chief Executive of Meggitt PLC, based in Wimborne, Dorset.
Under his stewardship Meggitt has been transformed from a broadly based

general engineering group into a highly focused aerospace and electronics
company.

He holds a BSc Honours Degree in Physics and he is a Fellow of the Royal
Aeronautical Society.  He joined Meggitt in 1990 after a lengthy career with
Lucas, firstly as a young research engineer where he was the author of a
number of patents.  He went on to play a key role in the seventies and early
eighties in building a large automotive electronics business for Lucas before
moving into aerospace to become Managing Director of Lucas Aerospace UK.

He is a non-executive director of Vitec Group plc and was chairman of Rubicon
Group PLC until they were purchased by APW in September 1998.


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