Disposal

Acal PLC
25 May 2006



                        FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25 MAY 2006                             
                                        
                                   
                                    ACAL plc
                                        

        (Leading pan-European, value-added technology based distributor
         providing specialist design-in, sales and marketing services)



              Sale of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration business
                   for an initial consideration of £8 million


Acal plc ("Acal") announces that it has reached agreement for the sale of its
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration business (the "Business"), which forms part
of its Industrial Controls division, to the Parker-Hannifin International Corp
Group ("Parker"). The Business has operations based in the UK, the USA, France
and Germany. Completion of the sale is conditional upon obtaining certain
consents including, insofar as the operations of the Business in Germany are
concerned, clearance by the relevant competition authorities.


The initial consideration for the sale is £8 million payable in cash and this
amount is subject to adjustment dependent upon the net tangible assets of the
Business at Completion.


During the year ended 31 March 2006, the Business had sales of £18.4 million,
and made a contribution of £1.3 million (before allocation of central costs) to
the profit before interest and taxation of the Acal Group. At that date it had
net tangible assets of £2.1 million and gross assets of £6.9 million.


It is intended that the proceeds of the sale will initially be applied in
reducing the debt of the Acal Group.




For further information:-

Tony Laughton - Chief Executive                          01483 544500


Jim Virdee - Finance Director                            01483 544500


Brian Coleman-Smith / Nia Thomas / Allison Reid
Cubitt Consulting                                        020 7367 5100





Notes to Editors:


1   The Acal Group is a leading European, value-added technology based 
    distributor providing specialist design-in, sales and marketing, as well 
    as stock planning and procurement services in the fields of Electronic 
    Components, IT Products, IT Parts Services and Industrial Controls.
    Its value-added philosophy and geographic coverage enables Acal to provide
    specialist knowledge and support to customers on a pan-European basis.


2   Design-in is the process by which Acal's sales engineers work with customers 
    and suppliers to procure components which meet the specific technical and 
    performance needs of the customers.


3   Acal has operating companies in the UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, 
    France, Italy, Spain, Scandinavia and the USA. Westech Electronics, an
    associated company, is based in Singapore and covers the Far East region.







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