Appointment of Director

1 Jun 2006 14:22

Newcourt Group plc01 June 2006 NEWCOURT GROUP PLC APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR 1 JUNE 2006 Newcourt Group plc ("Newcourt" or the "Company"), the support services group,announces that Damien Murray has been appointed as Finance Director of theCompany with immediate effect. He will continue to act as Company Secretary. Damien Murray (32) has been Chief Financial Officer of Newcourt since April2004. He was previously an Associate Director at KPMG. He holds a BCL fromUniversity College Dublin and is a qualified accountant. Mr Murray holds 321,864 ordinary shares in the Company. He also holds 737,668options under the 2005 Option Scheme exercisable at 70 cents subject tosatisfaction of performance conditions. Mr Murray has within the past 5 years been a director of the companies, all ofwhich are subsidiaries of Newcourt, listed below: Federal Security Solutions LimitedFederal Security Services LimitedSecurity Technology Ireland LimitedBruce Shaw Facilities ManagementNewtech LimitedFederal Training Services Limited There are no further disclosures with respect to Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rulesor the IEX Rules. For further information please contact: Murray ConsultantsJoe Murray Tel: + 353 1 4980300 Mobile: + 353 86 2534950 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange