ENC Enesco Grp.

The Board of Directors at Enesco Group, Inc. (NYSE:ENC), a leader in the giftware, and home and garden decor industry, today announced the retirement of George R. Ditomassi following the Company's Annual Shareholders Meeting. Mr. Ditomassi served on the Board of Directors since 2000, served in the Office of the Chairman from January 2001 to March 2001, and was Enesco's Interim Chief Executive Officer from August 2004 through January 2005. In 1988, Enesco's Board adopted a policy providing for mandatory retirement at the annual meeting of shareholders following the date on which a director reaches age 72. Mr. Ditomassi will become age 72 later this year and has decided to retire at this time. "We thank George Ditomassi for his support of Enesco and the Board of Directors over the past six years," stated Anne-Lee Verville, Chairman of Enesco's Board of Directors. "We will miss the contributions he made to the Board, but wish him well with his future endeavors." About Enesco Group, Inc. Enesco Group, Inc. is a world leader in the giftware, and home and garden decor industries. Serving more than 44,000 customers worldwide, Enesco distributes products to a wide variety of specialty card and gift retailers, home decor boutiques, as well as mass-market chains and direct mail retailers. Internationally, Enesco serves markets operating in the United Kingdom, Canada, Europe, Mexico, Australia and Asia. With subsidiaries located in Europe and Canada, and a business unit in Hong Kong, Enesco's international distribution network is a leader in the industry. Enesco's product lines include some of the world's most recognizable brands, including Border Fine Arts, Bratz, Circle of Love, Foundations, Halcyon Days, Jim Shore Designs, Lilliput Lane, Pooh & Friends, Walt Disney Classics Collection, and Walt Disney Company, among others. Further information is available on Enesco's web site at www.enesco.com. This press release contains forward-looking statements, which reflect management's current assumptions and beliefs and are based on information currently available to management. Enesco has tried to identify such forward-looking statements by use of such words as "expects," "intends," "anticipates," "could," "estimates," "plans," and "believes," and similar expressions, but these words are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. Such statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors, which could cause actual results to vary materially from those anticipated, estimated, expected or projected. Important factors that may cause actual future events or results to differ materially and adversely from those described in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: Enesco's success in implementing its comprehensive plan for operating improvement and achieving its goals for cost savings and market share increases; Enesco's ability to identify and hire a permanent CEO and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Enesco's success in developing new products and consumer reaction to Enesco's new products; Enesco's ability to secure, maintain and renew popular licenses, particularly our Cherished Teddies, Disney and Jim Shore Designs licenses; Enesco's ability to grow revenues in mass and niche market channels; Enesco's ability to comply with covenants contained in its credit facility; changes in general economic conditions, as well as specific market conditions; fluctuations in demand for our products; manufacturing lead times; the timing of orders and shipments and our ability to predict customer demands; inventory levels and purchase commitments exceeding requirements based upon forecasts; collection of accounts receivable; changes in the regulations and procedures affecting the importation of goods into the United States; changes in foreign exchange rates; price and product competition in the giftware industry; variations in sales channels, product costs or mix of products sold; and, possible future terrorist attacks, epidemics, or acts of war. In addition, Enesco operates in a continually changing business environment and does not intend to update or revise the forward-looking statements contained herein, which speak only as of the date hereof. Additional information regarding forward-looking statement risk factors is contained in Enesco's reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In light of these risks and uncertainties, the forward-looking statements contained herein may not occur and actual results could differ materially from those set forth herein. Accordingly, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual future results.