Directorate Change

Sarantel Group PLC
21 June 2006



For immediate release                                              21 June 2006

                        Sarantel Group PLC ('Sarantel')

                     Appointment of Non-Executive Chairman

Sarantel is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Geoff Shingles, CBE, as
Non-Executive Chairman with immediate effect. He succeeds Mr David Dey who is
stepping down to devote more time to his other interests in a number of early
stage companies.

Mr Shingles, aged 67, is the chairman of Imagination Technologies plc, a company
listed on the London Stock Exchange, which develops and licenses silicon and
software IP for multimedia and communication devices. He is also the
non-executive chairman of Prevx Limited and a non-executive director of
Speedtrap Limited and Retento Limited.

David Wither, Chief Executive Officer of Sarantel commented:

'I am very pleased to be welcoming Geoff Shingles to the Board of Sarantel. Our
unique antenna technology is addressing markets that are at the forefront of
wireless technology such as portable satellite radio and personal navigation.
This is an exciting time for the company and the Board intends to achieve a
strong position in these and other rapidly expanding wireless markets. I would
like to thank David Dey for his contribution and commitment during his time at
Sarantel. His leadership helped to transition the company from a small private
prototype manufacturing organization to a company that is experiencing strong
growth and is now capable of very high volume production. We wish him well for
the future.'

Mr Shingles was previously the non-executive chairman of Nanomagnetics Limited
until the end of 2003. He has also held non-executive director positions at
Interregnum Venture Marketing Limited (now dissolved), as well as at udate Inc.
and Authoriszor Inc., two companies listed on NASDAQ. He was a non-executive
director of WRDCLOGSYS Limited (until September 2002), Kecrypt Limited (until
July 2004), Eurotel Telecom Group Limited (until September 2004) and The
Parkmead Group plc (until January 2006).

As part of the terms of his office, Mr Shingles will be paid an engagement fee
of £70,000. He has requested that £42,000 of this sum be used to subscribe for
170,732 A ordinary shares in Sarantel at 24.6p per share (being the average of
the mid market prices at the close of business on the previous five days), this
sum being the amount of the engagement fee, less related income tax.

Following this subscription, his total shareholding in the company is 170,732 A
Shares, amounting to 0.28% of the Company's issued A Shares.

Mr Shingles has agreed not to transfer or dispose of these shares until 19 June
2008 without the prior consent of the Board of Sarantel.

Mr Dey will remain on the board as a non-executive director until 17 July 2006.

Application is being made for the admission to trading on AIM of the 170,732 new
ordinary shares. These shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing
issued ordinary shares and dealings are expected to commence on 26 June 2006.

There are no other disclosures required under the AIM Rules or the Schedules
thereto in relation to Mr Shingles' appointment.

For further information please contact:

Sarantel Group PLC                                   www.sarantel.com
David Wither, CEO/Sitkow Yeung, CFO                  01933 670560
Smithfield                                           020 7360 4900
Sara Musgrave / Tania Wild

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Notes to Editors:

About Sarantel

Sarantel designs, manufactures and sells patented, ceramic, filtering antennas
for use in portable wireless devices. These antennas allow a clearer signal than
conventional antennas whilst reducing the amount of energy absorbed by the body
by approximately 90 per cent. They also simplify system design, thus allowing
design standardisation and reduced time to market and cost for manufacturers.
Sarantel's antennas significantly improve the performance of wireless systems by
increasing their range and effective bandwidth.

The Company supplies antennas to the Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) market
and the North American satellite radio market and Sarantel's antennas have been
successfully designed into Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs), laptops and
Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). Sarantel's antenna technology is also
capable of servicing multiple high volume markets such as Wi-Fi, 3G and
Bluetooth.

Sarantel is listed on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange and is
included in the IT Hardware sector (93) within the Telecommunications equipment
sub-sector (938) and has a RIC code of SLG.L






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