Directorate Change

RNS Number:1365D
Computerland UK PLC
03 September 2007

ComputerLand UK PLC
Re Directorate and Trading Update

Directorate change

ComputerLand UK PLC ("ComputerLand" or "the Company") announces that Ben Martin
will retire from the Board of the Company following its Annual General Meeting
on 3 September 2007. Ben joined the Board at the time of our flotation in 1997
and his advice and guidance over the past 10 years has been an essential
ingredient to our success. The Board would like to thank Ben for the enormous
contribution he has made and to wish him a long and enjoyable retirement.

ComputerLand is delighted to announce the appointment of Giles Vardey (age 51)
as a non-executive Director effective from 3 September 2007. Giles will replace
Ben Martin in his roles as Chairman of the Audit committee and member of the
Remuneration committee.

Giles brings to the Board extensive experience in both City and managerial
roles. A graduate of Oxford University, Giles has spent over 25 years in
financial services holding senior positions in major investment banks including
Salomon Brothers, County Natwest and Swiss Bank Corporation. Between 1992 and
1997, he served on the main board of the London Stock Exchange leading the
successful implementation of the electronic trading system (SETS) and the
creation of AIM in 1995. After that he became CEO of Fidelity Brokerage Services
and then Greig Middleton & Co. Limited, the UK's largest private client stock
broking business and was on the board of the parent company Gerrard PLC. He
became chairman of Hunter-Fleming Limited in 2001, a private pharmaceutical
development company and more recently, he was Chairman of CQS, one of Europe's
leading hedge funds and has advised a number of fast growing technology
companies. He is currently a non-executive Director of Plus Markets Group Plc
and is a member of the Securities Institute (MSI), and has served in the past on
the Securities Trading Committee of the London Investment Banking Association,
and on the APCIMS Europe Committee. He remains chairman of Hunter-Fleming
Limited and he is also chairman of Trident Gaming Ltd and chairman of the Boat
Race Company Limited, which organises the annual Oxford and Cambridge University
Boat Race.

AGM Trading Update

Trading during the first three months of our financial year has been mixed. Our
Managed Services, Project Services and Product Supply businesses have performed
well with sales and profits in line with our expectations and significantly
ahead of the corresponding period last year. Strong results from these three
business units have, however, been off set by a poor performance from our
Hardware Maintenance business. Within Hardware Maintenance we have experienced a
combination of lower sales and higher costs than we expected. These issues are
being addressed and we expect the performance of our Hardware Maintenance
business to improve as we progress through the year.

Overall we remain optimistic of a satisfactory outcome for the year as a whole.

Enquiries:

Computerland UK PLC 0115 931 8000
Graham Gilbert, Chairman & CEO
Mike Kent, Finance Director

Charles Stanley Securities (Nominated Adviser) 020 7149 6000
Mark Taylor / Freddy Crossley

Additional Disclosures

In the previous five years Giles Vardey has been a director of the following
companies.

Current Directorships Past Directorships

54 Onslow Gardens Management Limited CQS Management Limited
Hunter-Fleming Limited The Boat Race Company Limited Knightserve Limited
Plus Markets Group Plc Totalise Internet Access Limited
Plus Markets Plc Xtorp Limited

Giles Vardey was a director of a company known as ProtX Limited, now Xtorp
Limited, when the company was placed in administration on 16 March 2001. Mr
Vardey had joined the company on 1 September 2000 in order to assist with the
rescue of the company. A payment counterparty froze significant funds of the
company in March 2001 and the board of directors called in administrators. Mr
Vardey ceased to be a director on 14 October 2002. The administration is
ongoing.

Mr Vardey joined Brightview Limited as a director on 17 September 2001. He
resigned on 23 April 2002. 11 months following his resignation, on 9 April 2003,
the company was placed in administration. The administration followed the
withdrawal of funds by the main lender. All creditors were repaid in full and
the company was liquidated on 26 April 2006.

Save for the information disclosed above, there is no other information in
relation to Giles Vardey required to be disclosed pursuant to AIM Rule 17.

This information is provided by RNS
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