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Gyrus Group PLC
17 October 2006

                                Gyrus Group PLC

                               Board Appointment


Reading, UK - Gyrus Group PLC (GYG) a leading supplier of medical devices to
reduce trauma and complications in surgery, today announces the appointment of
Mr John L. Rennocks as a Non-executive Director with effect from 16 October
2006.



John Rennocks will become a member of the Audit Committee.



A qualified chartered accountant, Mr Rennocks has significant experience in the
sector, having been finance director of Smith and Nephew plc from 1974 to 1989.
Subsequent to that, he was finance director of Powergen plc and Corus Group plc
before taking up a number of non-executive director positions of public and
private companies.  Mr Rennocks is currently chairman of Nestor plc, an
independent organisation dedicated to providing managed services to the UK
health and social care market and Diploma plc, a specialised international
distribution company. He is also deputy chairman of Inmarsat plc, a global
mobile satellite communications company.



Mr Rennocks is a non-executive director of Foreign and Colonial Investment Trust
plc, JP Morgan Fleming Overseas Investment Trust plc, Babcock International
Group plc and Wagon plc. Other publicly quoted companies where he previously
occupied non-executive positions in the last five years are Oxford Glycosciences
plc and Xenova plc.



Commenting on the appointment, Brian Steer, Executive Chairman of Gyrus Group
PLC said:



"John Rennocks makes an excellent addition to the Board. His financial expertise
and considerable sector experience will prove highly valuable to the Board and
to Gyrus Group."



Enquiries:


Gyrus Group PLC                                         01189 219 750
Brian Steer, Chairman

Financial Dynamics                                      0207 831 3113
Ben Atwell



Gyrus advises that there are no further matters relating to the appointment of
John Rennocks, which it is obliged to disclose under paragraph 9.6.13 of the
Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority.


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