Director Appointment

Worthington Group PLC
05 September 2005


                                                         Monday 5 September 2005

                                 PRESS RELEASE


The Board of Worthington are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Michael
Edelson as a non-Executive Director.

The Company's stated objective now is to enhance shareholder value by a merger,
acquisition or reversal, and Mr Edelson brings a wealth of experience in all
these fields and enjoys a proven track record of success.

Mr Edelson has been on the Board of Manchester United Football Club Ltd since
1982 and is currently the non-Executive Chairman of EXC Plc and a non-Executive
Director of City Invoice Finance Ltd and Singer & Friedlander AIM3 VCT Plc.  He
is also Executive Chairman of London & City Credit Corporation Ltd and Elm
Partners Plc, Birch Partners Plc and Oak Prospects Plc.  He has also been on the
Board of several AIM listed companies - a full list of which is reproduced
below.

Worthington Group Plc is in the process of marketing its three remaining
property assets which should produce a cash surplus.  But in the meantime, an
EGM is to be called shortly to reorganize the Group's interim funding
requirements, whereby I will be taking over the term loans on the Macclesfield
property, currently with Royal Bank of Scotland, allowing the Group to preserve
its cash flow by requiring that capital repayments and interest are only
refunded once that property has been sold.

In accordance with Rule 9.6.13 we disclose for completeness a listing of all
listed directorships held by Mr Edelson in the last 5 years :-

Current Listed Directorships:-

Exc plc
Pine Ventures plc
Singer & Friedlander AIM 3 VCT plc

Former Listed Directorships held in the last 5 years :-

Aerobox plc
Chelford Group Plc
DCI (Knutsford) Plc
DM plc (previously Hawthorn Holdings plc/ Poptones Group plc)
Enition plc (previously Walnut Partners Plc)
Felix Group plc (previously Chestnut Prospects Plc)
Hanover Capital Group plc
Host Europe plc
Media Content PLC
Mercury Recycling plc
Nadlan plc
Optimistic Entertainment plc
Prestbury Group plc
Poly Information plc
SP Holdings plc
Tecc-IS Plc
WI Link plc

There are no other matters requiring disclosure under Rule 9.6.13

J C Dwek CBE
Chairman


5th September 2005
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