Directorate Change

Microgen
Information Management Solutions

4 October 2004

                 MICROGEN PLC APPOINTS NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR                  

With immediate effect, Mr Richard Holway is to be appointed a non-executive
Director of Microgen plc. The Microgen Board of Directors will now comprise 3
executive directors and 4 non-executive directors. Mr Holway will also join the
Board's Audit, Remuneration and Nominations Committees.

Mr Holway (57) started in computing in 1966 as a programmer, joined Hoskyns
(now Capgemini ) in 1968 and progressed to join the board in 1979 as Group
Marketing Director. In 1984, Richard was appointed Managing Director of Wootton
Jeffreys before forming Richard Holway Limited in 1986.

Richard Holway Limited became the leading commentator on the UK software and IT
services market and its constituent companies. In November 2000 Richard Holway
Limited was acquired by Ovum. Mr Holway serves on the Ovum board as a
non-executive director where he continues his role as an analyst in the IT
sector.

There are no further details required to be disclosed pursuant to paragraphs
6.F.2 (b) to (g) or 16.4 (a) of the UK Listing Authority Listing Rules.

For further information, please contact :

Microgen plc                            Tel : [phone]                     
                                                                               
Martyn Ratcliffe - Executive Chairman                                          
                                                                               
Richard Holway                          Tel : [phone]                     
                                                                               
Financial Dynamics                                                             
                                                                               
Giles Sanderson / Ben Way               Tel: [phone]                     

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