Re Directorate

The Vitec Group PLC
8 August 2001

8 August 2001

                             The Vitec Group plc

The Vitec Group plc announces that Mr Lino Manfrotto has today resigned as a
non-executive director.

On 15 June 2001 Mr Manfrotto sold 35,000 shares in the Company, part of a
total holding of 2,573,374 shares, without having received the permission of
the Chairman for the dealing, as required by the Model Code.  Mr Manfrotto
very much regrets this breach of the Financial Services Authority's rules and,
having served on the Board of the Company for more than ten years, has
therefore decided to bring forward his retirement date.

The Board of The Vitec Group plc has accepted Mr Manfrotto's resignation with
regret and wishes to thank Mr Manfrotto for his enormous contribution to the
Group over the last ten years and the key role he has played throughout that
period in the successful growth of its photographic business.

Mr Manfrotto has stressed that he and his family do not intend to make any
substantial reduction in the size of their shareholding in the Company in the
short to medium term.

Enquiries:

Financial Dynamics  Richard Mountain    Telephone: [phone]