Directorate Change

8 March 2011

HMV Group plc

Board Change

Following the previously announced appointment of Philip Rowley as Chairman of the Group's Board, Philip will stand down as Senior Independent Director and with immediate effect Orna Ni-Chionna will be appointed Senior Independent Director.

ENDS

Contacts:

HMV Group plc Paul Barker 01628 818 300

Brunswick Group Nick Cosgrove 020 7404 5959

Jennifer Renwick

About Orna Ni-Chionna

Orna was appointed to the Board as a Non Executive Director on 30 September 2009. She is a former partner at McKinsey & Company and is currently Senior Independent Director of Northern Foods plc, where she has been a director since 2002. In May 2009 Orna was appointed a Non Executive Director of Royal Mail. She is also Chairman of Eden McCallum's Advisory Board. She was previously Senior Independent Director of BUPA and a Non Executive Director of Bank of Ireland UK Holdings plc and Bristol & West plc. She has also served as a member of the UK Retail and Consumer Advisory Board of Apax Partners. She is Chair of the Trustees of the Soil Association.