Director Declaration

Merchants Trust PLC
04 March 2008


The Merchants Trust PLC

Listing Rule 9.6.14

The Merchants Trust PLC  ('The Company') hereby gives notification that Mr R A
Barfield, a non-executive director of the Company, has resigned from Umbro Plc
with effect from 3 March 2008.



                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange