IPO for Biomni

Computacenter PLC
7 February 2000



                            Computacenter plc
                              IPO for Biomni

The Boards of Computacenter plc and Computasoft Ltd today announced their
decision to explore the possibility of a public listing for a minority stake
in Biomni, their business-to-business e-commerce joint venture in which both
parties have a 50% stake.

Goldman Sachs have been appointed financial advisers to Biomni to lead the
potential transaction which may take place within the first six months of
2000.

Biomni, established late last year, harnesses the e-commerce expertise
developed by both Computacenter and Computasoft during their nine year
partnership in creating sophisticated electronic procurement systems.
Computacenter currently provides a version of Biomni software for electronic
procurement by its customers.

Mike Norris, Chief Executive of Computacenter said: 'Biomni reflects our
belief in the business-to-business e-commerce opportunity and the potential to
extend the commercial reach of our joint developments over the last nine
years. This process marks another milestone in Biomni's development.'

For further information, please contact:

Phil Williams                 Computacenter       01707 631 519
Email: [e-mail]

Toby Haddon                   Computasoft         0207 440 6433
Email: [e-mail]

Rob Pinker / Catriona Booth   Brunswick           0207 404 5959

Notes to Editors

Biomni

Biomni is a leading business-to-business e-commerce company, offering
organisations the benefit of tried and tested e-procurement solutions
supported by a comprehensive range of services to ensure maximum return on
investment.  Launched in November 1999 as a 50 / 50 joint venture between
Computacenter and Computasoft Ltd, with the benefit of nine years' e-commerce
expertise, Biomni manages the largest e-procurement trading community in
Europe.

Based in the UK, with five regional support areas and resources in mainland
Europe, including France and Germany, the Biomni team consistently delivers
the highest standard of customer service to companies within its trading
community, changing the dynamics of business-to-business e-commerce in Europe.

Biomni has a range of customers, suppliers and partners operating within its
community.  Over 1500 European organisations are currently supported by Biomni
in the public and private sectors, and more than 350 suppliers are accessed
through Biomni's trading hub.

Computacenter plc

Computacenter is the largest UK-owned distributed IT systems and services
company.

Computacenter's established track record of providing vendor-independent IT
services at each stage of the technology life cycle to leading organisations
across the UK, France, Germany and Belgium, gives the company a unique
insight into the complexities of developing and operating e-business.
Computacenter is itself already one of the world's premier e-commerce
companies, each day it transacting over £ 2 million of business via its
customer electronic procurement system.

Computasoft

Computasoft is a leading provider of communication and database software and
services to the world's capital markets. The Computasoft Group consists of
Computasoft Syndication, Computasoft Consulting, Computasoft Research, Capital
NET, Capital DATA and CommScan Inc.

Computasoft has offices in London, New York and Hong Kong, and a turnover in
excess of over £21 million per annum.  The group has grown steadily since it
was established in 1984.  Today it has more than 500 customers around the
globe and a reputation for delivering measurable business improvement through
quality software.