DiscoverIE Regulatory News (DSCV)

29 November 2011

Acal plc

 ("Acal" or the "Company")

Director Shareholdings

Acal plc (LSE: ACL, "Acal" or "the Company"), Europe's leading specialist electronics distributor, announces that Nick Jefferies, Group Chief Executive, has increased his notifiable interest in the Company following the purchase on 28 November 2011 of 5,063 ordinary shares of 5 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 195.5 pence per share by his wife, Mrs S Jefferies. Following this transaction, Nick Jefferies holds a total of 36,735 Ordinary Shares representing 0.13% of the existing ordinary share capital of the Company.

Simon Gibbins, Group Finance Director, also purchased 5,063 Ordinary Shares at a price of 195.5 pence per share on 28 November 2011. Following this transaction, Simon Gibbins holds a total of 5,063 Ordinary Shares representing 0.02% of the existing ordinary share capital of the Company.

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Acal is a European specialist provider of technology products and services providing sales, marketing, engineering and other services through two divisions: Electronics and Supply Chain. The Electronics division is Europe's leading specialist distributor of electronic and photonic products to industrial manufacturing and design companies. The Supply Chain division provides inventory optimisation and outsource solutions to leading technology service providers. Acal has operating companies in the UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, South Africa, Spain, the Nordic region and South Korea.