Directorate Change

Press Release                                     8 September 2009




                               Vp plc
                        ("Vp" or "the Group")


                         Directorate Change


Vp plc,  the  equipment  rental  specialist,  announces  that  Barrie
Cottingham today retires as a non-executive director of the Group and
as Chairman of the Audit  Committee.  As planned, Stephen Rogers  who
joined the Board as a  non-executive director in October 2008,  takes
over as Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Jeremy Pilkington, Chairman,  commented: "Barrie's  wise counsel  has
been a great asset to Vp over a 13 year period in which the Group has
embraced significant  change  and  successfully  developed  into  the
equipment rental specialist that it is today.  I would like to  thank
Barrie on behalf of the Board, the employees and the shareholders for
his  valued  contribution  to  Vp  and  to  wish  him  well  on   his
retirement."

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For further information please contact:


Vp plc
Jeremy Pilkington, Chairman            Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]
Neil Stothard, Group Managing Director Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]                            www.vpplc.com
Mike Holt, Group Finance Director      Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]                                www.vpplc.com



Media enquiries:

Abchurch Communications
Sarah Hollins / George Parker    Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]    www.abchurch-group.com


Notes to editors:

About Vp

The main activity  of the  Group is equipment  rental and  associated
services principally conducted within the  UK.  Vp plc listed on  the
London Stock Exchange in 1973.

The Group is focused on six  businesses:

Hire Station
Small tools and specialist  equipment for industry, construction  and
DIY.

TPA
Portable roadway systems and fencing primarily to the UK market,  but
also in mainland Europe and the Republic of Ireland.

Torrent Trackside
Infrastructure equipment and  services for the  railway renewals  and
maintenance industry.

Groundforce
Excavation  support  systems,  specialist  solutions  and  trenchless
technology for  the water,  gas, civil  engineering and  construction
industries.

UK Forks
Rough terrain material handling  equipment for industry,  residential
and general construction.

Airpac Bukom Oilfield Services
Equipment and  service providers  to the  international oil  and  gas
exploration and development markets.

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