RNS Number:1137I
Ben Bailey PLC
28 February 2003

BEN BAILEY PLC ("the Company")



Board Appointment



At a meeting of the Board earlier today, Max Teare was appointed as a
Non-executive Director of the Company.  Mr Teare, aged 57, who was previously a
partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers and is also a director of Bamford Mill
Residents Limited, will become a member of the audit and remuneration
committees.



There is no further information which needs to be disclosed in accordance with
paragraph 16.4 of the Listing Rules.




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