ESV GROUP PLC: Directorate Change

Directorate changes                              

ESV Group plc (the "ESV" or "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment
of Mrs Irina Mikhaylova and Mr Dmytro Zhminko to the Board, both as Executive
Directors.

Irina Mikhaylova was born in Germany and educated in Ukraine and Russia. She
graduated from Moscow Research Institute with a PhD in Genetics in Psychiatry.
In the 90s she was involved in import and export of consumer products in
Ukraine. In 1998, she became director of Agrinvest Limited, a company involved
in custom harvesting and other related services in Ukraine, effectively
managing grain trade and export facilities. Since 2000, she has managed and
created new crop rotation technology integrating American-style farming in
several farms in Ukraine.

Dmytro Zhminko was born and educated in Ukraine. He studied at Saint Petersburg
Space Military Academy as a geophysicist. Since 1995, he has been involved with
freight forwarding and port activities and for the past seven years has been a
director of Dnipro Cargo Limited in Ukraine, responsible for all financial,
commercial and operational affairs of the transhipment terminal at Kherson Sea
port.

In addition, further to the removal of John Stevens, ESV is currently looking
to appoint at least one non executive director in order to comply with rule 44
of the PLUS Markets Rules for Issuers.

Disclosure required by paragraph 18 of appendix 1 to the PLUS Rules is set out
below:

Irina Mikhaylova (age 53)

Current directorships Directorships in past 5 years

Novofarm Limited (Ukraine) Farmco Limited (Ukraine)

Irina holds 20,000,000 ordinary shares in ESV Group plc, representing 2.80% of
its issued share capital.

Dmytro Zhminko (age 38)

Current directorships Directorships in past 5 years

Dnipro Cargo Limited (Ukraine) None

Dmytro holds no shares in ESV Group plc.

There is no other information that is required to be disclosed pursuant to
paragraph 18 of Appendix 1 of the PLUS Market Rules for Issuers.

Total directors' holdings in the Company are 106,632,764 ordinary shares
representing 14.93% of its issued share capital.

The Directors of ESV Group plc accept responsibility for this announcement.



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