RNS Number:1654I
Oystertec PLC
03 March 2003


For Immediate Release                                              3 March 2003


                                Oystertec plc

                         ("Oystertec" or "the Company")

                               Directorate Change



Oystertec plc announces the resignation, with immediate effect, of Ron Petersen
as a Director of the Company, who is leaving to pursue other business interests.



Ron first joined the Board as Chairman at the time of the Company's flotation in
February 2001 and has spent the last 15 months as CEO of Oystertec's subsidiary,
IBP.  The Board expresses its sincere gratitude to Ron for his significant
contribution over this period.



Andrew Evans, who has been in charge of Operations at IBP, becomes CEO of
Plumbing Division with immediate effect.





For further information, please contact:


Angus Monro, Chief Executive                                Tel: 01625 430 351
Oystertec

Bobby Morse / Suzanne Dunne                                 Tel: 020 7466 5000
Buchanan Communications








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