17 June 1998 

Management Changes Take Acorn Into New Phase Of Development 

Acorn Group announces that, with immediate effect, Mr Stan Boland formerly 
SVP of the company, takes over as Chief Executive Officer.  After three 
successful years, Mr David Lee has resigned as a Director of the company. 
His contribution to Acorn's success is appreciated, and his colleagues wish 
him well in his future endeavours. 

Stan Boland will lead the company through its next phase of development. 
Acorn will continue to leverage its position within the broadband digital 
interactive set top box market, and further cultivate its position in system 
software, audio and video codecs - along with component and chip design - in 
the rapidly expanding area of DiTV. 

Chris Cox, VP of the Workstations Division continues to have full 
responsibility for the workstations group and reports direct to Stan Boland. 

Commenting on today's announcement, Chris Cox said: "The management changes 
announced today mean that Workstations continue to occupy centre stage at 
Acorn.  We are currently in the process of bringing to market the Phoebe 
2100 which is set to be the flagship product of the recently created 
Workstations Division." 

The division will continue to enhance its position in the areas of thin 
client computing and expert high-end workstations for the education and 
developer community. 

Stan Boland has appointed a new management team to help steer the company, 
and welcomes Andy Mee and John Redford to join Richard Conway as members of 
the operating board of Acorn Computers Limited.  Further announcements 
regarding the management team will be made as the company achieves in its 
chosen markets, over the coming months. 

In addition to these changes, both Peter Bondar and Graham Dodgson have left 
the company, in order to pursue other interests.  Everyone at Acorn values 
their contribution, and wishes them both all the best in their future 
ventures. 

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Chris Cox, VP Product Business Unit 
Acorn Computers Ltd                           Tel: +44 (0) 1223 725231 
Acorn House, 645 Newmarket Road               Fax: +44 (0) 1223 725901 
Cambridge, CB5 8PB, United Kingdom            WWW: http://www.acorn.com/ 

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