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Signet Group PLC
24 April 2003


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Signet Group plc (LSE: SIG, Nasdaq NMS: SIGY)


24 April 2003

                        Intended Retirement of Director


Lee Abraham, who is a non-executive director and serves on the Remuneration and
Audit Committees, has indicated his intention to retire as a director on 31
December 2003.  He joined the Board on 5 December 1994.



Enquiries:      James McAdam, Chairman                      +44 (0) 20 7399 9520

                Mike Smith, Brunswick                       +44 (0) 20 7404 5959
                Tim Grey, Brunswick                         +44 (0) 20 7404 5959


Signet operated 1,660 speciality retail jewellery stores at 1 February 2003;
these included 1,050 stores in the US, where the Group trades as "Kay Jewelers",
"Jared The Galleria Of Jewelry" and under a number of regional names.  At that
date Signet operated 610 stores in the UK, where the Group trades as "H.Samuel",
"Ernest Jones" and "Leslie Davis".  Further information on Signet is available
at www.signetgroupplc.com



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