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18 Sep 2006 10:52

Rotala PLC18 September 2006 Press Release 18th September 2006 Rotala plc ("Rotala" or 'the Company') The Company is pleased to announce the appointment of two new directors, SimonDunn and Geoffrey Flight. The board is delighted to have the benefit of theiroperational experience and looks forward to their input in assisting with thedevelopment and growth of the Company's activities. Simon Lee Dunn, 30 is the current managing director of the two principalbusinesses of the group and will be an executive director of the Company. He hasworked in the transport industry all of his working life and has been workingfor the Flights businesses for the last three years. His current directorshipsare Flights Hallmark Ltd and Flights Corporate Transfers Ltd. In the last fiveyears his previous directorships include Dunn-Line Holdings Ltd, Lamcote Motors(Radcliffe) Ltd, Dunn-Line (Derby) Ltd, The Nottingham Coach Company Ltd,Distance Coaching Ltd, and Solus (West Midlands) Ltd. Frank Geoffrey Flight,49, will be a non-executive director of Rotala. He has had25 years experience in the transport industry and is a well-known figure in theindustry with good contacts. His current directorships are Flights Hallmark Ltd,Flights Corporate Transfers Ltd, Flights Conference Services Ltd, FlightsCoaches Ltd, Flights Management Services Ltd and Central Coachways Ltd. In the last five years his previous directorships include Flights Travel GroupLtd, Flights Coach Travel Ltd, Flights Motor Services Ltd, Flights Travel Ltd,Flights Supersun Holidays Ltd, EH Realisations Ltd (formerly Excelsior HolidaysLtd), ECW Realisations Ltd (formerly Excelsior Coachways Ltd), Excelsior WorldTravel Ltd, Excelsior European Motorways Ltd, Excelsior Holidays (Lymington)Ltd, Advantage Chauffeur Services Ltd and Flightliner Ltd. Excelsior World Travel Ltd, EH Realisations Ltd and ECW Realisations Ltd wentinto administration in October 2001 and in July 2002 Flights Travel Group Ltd,Flights Coach Travel Ltd, Flights Motor Services Ltd and Flights Travel Ltd wentinto administrative receivership. Flights Travel Group Ltd and Flights CoachTravel Ltd subsequently went into liquidation and Flights Motor Services Ltd andFlights Travel Ltd were dissolved. There is no further information required to be disclosed pursuant to the AIMRules. Contacts: John Gunn, Chairman 020 7236 6236 Kim Taylor, CEO 07918 883796 David Seal, Corporate Synergy Plc 020 7448 4400 Notes to Editors: The Company was admitted to trading on AIM on March 29 2005, having beenincorporated on January 21 2005 to invest in the transportation sector. In thetransport sector, the Board anticipated that opportunities would arise in theprovision of bus services, chauffeur-drive services, and integrated groundtransportation. In the Company's admission document dated March 11 2005 theBoard stated its intention to complete the Company's first acquisition withinsix months of Admission and in August 2005 it agreed the acquisition of theFlights Group of companies. The Flights Group comprises three companies: Flights Hallmark, Flights CorporateTransfers and FH Transport. Flights Hallmark is a mature coach and bus businessformed through the acquisition and amalgamation of a number of businesses. Itsmain activities include the provision of dedicated transport solutions for arange of corporate customers, the operation of various shuttle bus services anda substantial coach hire business. Flights Corporate Transfers operateschauffeur driven cars, particularly relating to transport to and from UKairports, for a range of airlines and airline-related customers. The thirdcompany, FH Transport, does not trade. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange