FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

America II Europe appoints Martin Kingsbury Director of Strategic Sales

STEVENAGE 05 April 2002 - Endeavouring to increase its share among selected market sectors, America II Europe will add a Director of Strategic Sales to its team. Martin Kingsbury, most recently of Arrow Electronics, assumes the role.

Kingsbury believes that "America II's $450 million worth of inventory as a stocking distributor, ISO 9002-certified quality, and inventory solutions programs" will prove most attractive to his new target audience.

Kingsbury joins America II Europe after a four-year stint with Arrow Electronics where he served as Semiconductor Marketing Director before accepting a promotion to Sales Director for Arrow Components in April 2001. Kingsbury's prior experience includes serving as a sales director and Marketing Director for Semiconductors at Avnet and managing AMD and National Semiconductor as a line manager with the Access Group. Kingsbury's sales experience is rooted in inside and regional sales management with the Access Group and early career activity as a field sales engineer with ITT Electronic Services.

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