Statement re Board Appntmnt

RNS Number:5126P
VI Group PLC
08 September 2003

Monday, 8th September 2003


                                  VI GROUP plc

                                BOARD APPOINTMENT


VI Group plc ("VI"), one of the leading software providers to the mould and die
industry, announced today that Mrs Julie Langhorne Randall (nee Norton), 41, has
been appointed Finance Director with immediate effect. She was previously Group
Financial Controller at VI.

Julie Randall graduated from Sussex University before qualifying as a Chartered
Accountant in 1988. She held a number of senior accounting positions in both
private and public companies in the manufacturing and financial services sectors
before joining VI in June 2002.

There is no additional information that falls to be disclosed under Schedule Two
paragraph (f) of the AIM rules.

Don Babbs Chief Executive of VI, commented:

"Julie has considerable accounting and management experience and has made a
substantial difference to our ability to provide group wide accounting
facilities in a rapidly expanding environment. I have no doubt she will be
equally determined and successful in increasing the awareness of VI's growth
performance."

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For further information please contact:

VI Group plc
Don Babbs, Chief Executive                     Tel: [phone]

Merlin Financial
Paul Downes/Tom Randell                        Tel: [phone]



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