Directorate Change

Northern Bear Plc
14 May 2007



14 May 2007

                               Northern Bear Plc

                                 Board Changes


Northern Bear Plc ('Northern Bear' or 'the Company') has announced today the
acquisition of Chirmarn Holdings Limited ('Chirmarn') and its subsidiaries,
Chirmarn Limited and Chrimarn (Surveying) Limited. This now enables it to
implement some valuable board changes. We are pleased to announce that David Jay
(53) has been appointed to the Board as Finance Director.

David was the majority shareholder and Managing Director of Chirmarn and its
subsidiaries. As part of the board restructuring, Steve Roberts (the previous
part time Finance Director) will continue in a Non-Executive capacity. Further
Roy Stanley has indicated his wish to step down from his role as a Non Executive
Director due to other business commitments.

Jon Pither (Chairman of Northern Bear) said: 'The appointment of David as our
full time Finance Director completes our strong, experienced executive team who
are all based in the North East. We are very grateful to Steve Roberts for his
contribution to the group both before and after our flotation in December, and
look forward to his continued involvement as a Non-Executive Director. We are
all very sad that Roy Stanley has had to step down as a Non-Executive Director,
but are very grateful for Roy's valuable assistance and counsel in helping to
develop Northern Bear. We wish him continued success in the future and will all
miss the contribution of a wise counsellor'.

There are no companies (other than those detailed above) or partnerships
(including limited liability partnerships) of which David has been a director or
partner at any time in the past five years.

There is no other information that is required to be disclosed under Schedule 2,
paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules.




For further enquiries please contact:

Graham Forrest, CEO, Northern Bear Plc: [phone]




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