Directorate Change

Synstar PLC
19 January 2004

19 January 2004 - for immediate release





                                 Synstar Plc

                 Resignation of Director and Management Change



Synstar plc ('Synstar' or 'the Company'), the pan-European IT services provider,
announces that Mike Ettling, the Board director responsible for its UK and
German operations, has resigned to pursue other interests within the IT services
sector.  He has resigned from the Board with effect from today and will leave
the Company at the end of March 2004.



With immediate effect, Alistair Blaxill will join the Operating Board, taking
responsibility for the majority of the Company's UK business.  Mike Ettling's
responsibilities in Germany will be passed to Dennis Thomas, a member of
Synstar's Operating Board.  The remainder of Mr Ettling's responsibilities will
be allocated to other members of the Operating Board.



Steve Vaughan, CEO of Synstar, said:



'I would like to thank Mike for his contribution to Synstar's progress over the
past eighteen month, especially to our UK business which is well positioned in
the IT managed services industry. The Board and I wish Mike well.'



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For more information, please contact:


Steve Vaughan / Stephen Gleadle
Synstar Plc                                           Tel: [phone]


Ed Bridges / James Melville-Ross / Juliet Clarke
Financial Dynamics                                    Tel: [phone]





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