Acquisition

Feedback PLC 29 January 2002 Feedback plc Acquisition of Joint Venture Partner's stake in TekniCAL Limited The Board is very pleased to announce that the Group has acquired from its joint venture partner the remaining 50 per cent. shareholding in TekniCAL Limited ('TekniCAL') that it does not already own. This joint venture company was established by Feedback Instruments Limited and the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside (now the University of Lincoln) ('the University') some five years ago and the Board had previously indicated that it was in negotiations to acquire the University's shareholding. The shares have been acquired for £100,000 in cash and the repayment of £140,000 in respect of loans made to TekniCAL by the University. For the year ended 31 March 2001, TekniCAL incurred losses of £762,000 on turnover of £446,000, whilst for the six months to 30 September 2001 TekniCAL incurred losses of £338,000 on turnover of £218,000. For both those periods the Group recognised its share of these results as it treated TekniCAL as a joint venture company. TekniCAL does however have a growing stream of recurring revenues, which the Board considers to be extremely valuable. In the Virtual Campus and the Virtual Training Manager TekniCAL has well established and proven software products which meet the requirement in both the education and corporate training markets for the delivery and managing of courses by way of internet and intranet technologies, commonly referred to as e-learning. The Board believe that outright ownership of TekniCAL will allow a much more coherent software development strategy for the Group. It will also enable the fuller integration of the Group's Discovery Manager product with TekniCAL's Virtual Campus. This will result in a single delivery platform for both companies that can be scaled from small intranet use, with less than forty users, to a full internet based system with many thousands of users. In short, there is considerable synergy and taking full ownership allows the Group to exploit this. There is little doubt that the e-learning market is set to develop rapidly over the next few years. It is recognised that the Internet is a powerful tool for the delivery of education and training, providing suitable tools are available to manage the process. TekniCAL is well placed to provide this with a broad range of fully developed software products. Through partnerships with leading UK companies, TekniCAL is able to address the education and training sectors from major corporate users to schools and universities. The Company believes that there is a significant opportunity in e-learning for both its hardware and software products. Owning 100 per cent. of TekniCAL provides the Company with the necessary products to move forward in this important market area. 29 January 2002 Enquiries: Roger Barnett Feedback plc 01892 653322 Robert Corden Charles & Stanley Company Limited 020 7739 8200 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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