Directorate Change

Macfarlane Group PLC
14 April 2004



                                                                   14 April 2004




As noted in the preliminary announcement on 31 March 2004, a process to recruit
2 independent non-executive directors is progressing satisfactorily and the
Board will report its outcome shortly.


Last summer, the Board identified the need for input from someone with
experience of the market in which we operate and Mr Mike Clark was invited to
join the Board as a non-executive director. Mr Clark was previously an executive
director on the Macfarlane Group board until his departure from the group when
the Plastics Division was sold in September 2001. Mr. Clark has recently
accepted an appointment as Chief Executive of a supplier to Macfarlane Group and
he has intimated that in these circumstances he does not regard it as
appropriate that he should continue as a Macfarlane Group board member and
accordingly he will not seek election at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.
The Board wholly respects Mr. Clark's views and thanks him for giving us helpful
cover over the past 7 months.


Mr Guy Stenhouse completes his second three-year term as a non-executive
director at this year's Annual General Meeting. The Board is pleased to report
that Mr Stenhouse will seek re-election as a director. Mr Stenhouse has agreed
with the board that he will stand down as a director at the conclusion of the
AGM in 2005. As well as securing the services of Mr Stenhouse for a further year
this arrangement will provide the benefit of continuity whilst the proposed new
non-executive directors settle in to their roles.




Further information
Archie S. Hunter                    Chairman                   0141 333 9666



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