RNS Number:7242O
IDS Group PLC
15 August 2003


IDS Group plc ("IDS" or "the Company")

Further to the announcement on 5 August 2003 by Twins Acquisition, Inc. of a
recommended unconditional mandatory offer for IDS, the Company announces the
resignations from its Board of Thomas Charles Glucklich as non-executive
Chairman and of Henry Leonard Tee and James Granger as non-executive directors.

The Company also announces the appointment to its Board of Nicholas E. Somers
and William M. Yort.

Nicholas E. Somers does not hold, and has not held in the past five years, any
publicly quoted company directorships.

William M. Yort does not hold, and has not held in the past five years, any
publicly quoted company directorships.

All changes to the Board take place with immediate effect.

There are no details regarding Nicholas E. Somers and William M. Yort that
require disclosure under paragraph 6. F. 2 (b) to (g) of the Listing Rules of
the UK Listing Authority.



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