Re Directorate

Brooke Industrial Holdings PLC
7 November 2000

                        BROOKE INDUSTRIAL HOLDINGS PLC


                     FURTHER INFORMATION ON NEW DIRECTORS


Further to the recent appointment of new directors to the Company's Board, the
following information is disclosable in accordance with the requirements of
chapter 16 of the Listing Rules:


        1.     During the previous five years, other than the Company the
        recently appointed directors held, and continue to hold unless
        otherwise indicated, directorships or partnerships as follows:


      Full             Current          Previous
                       directorships
      name                              directorships
      Michael John     Jourdan plc      Carlisle Group PLC
      Arnold
                       Luminar plc      Prelude Technology Investments Limited

                                        Racehorse Owners Association Limited
                                        (by guarantee)

                                        Roux Restaurants Limited

      Robert Ridley    Jourdan plc      Ascot Holdings plc
      Morris
                                        Suter plc


 2. Neither of the recently appointed directors has:


     a. any unspent convictions in relation to indictable offences;


     i. been declared bankrupt or made any individual voluntary arrangements
        with creditors;


    ii. been a director with an executive function of any company which has
        been involved in receivership, compulsory liquidation, creditors'
        voluntary liquidation, administration, company voluntary arrangement,
        or any composition or arrangement with its creditors generally or any
        class of its creditors, either at the time or within the 12 months
        preceding such events;


    iii. been a partner of any partnership which has been involved in
        compulsory liquidation, administration, or partnership voluntary
        arrangement, either at the time or within the 12 months preceding such
        events;


    iv. been subject to the receivership of a personal asset or a partnership
        asset where he was a partner either at the time or within the 12
        months preceding such event;


     v. been subject to any public criticism by statutory or regulatory
        authorities (including recognised professional bodies); or


    vi. been disqualified by a court from acting as a director of a company or
        from acting in the management or conduct of the affairs of any
        company.