Change to Board of Directors

Auxinet PLC
16 August 2000

Appointment of director

Nick Temple, former chief executive and chairman of IBM UK, was yesterday 
appointed a non-executive director of auxinet, the AIM listed e-commerce
enabler. The auxinet Group incorporates DataCash, the leading e-commerce
payments solutions company, e-commerce search specialists, boldly-go.com, and
Corporate Executive Search.

Nicholas J. Temple (age 52) has 30 years experience in the global technology
market-place with IBM. He was appointed chief executive of IBM UK in 1992 and
subsequently chairman in 1995.  Since leaving IBM in 1995 he has been
appointed non-executive director of a number of leading-edge technology
companies and is currently a non-executive director of Electrocomponents plc,
Blick plc and Cyber-CV Limited (chairman).  From 1997 to 1999 he was chief
executive of Armature Limited.

Commenting on the appointment, David Bailey, chairman of auxinet, said:
'Nick's experience and deep breadth of knowledge and industry relationships
will accelerate auxinet's ability to maximise the growth opportunities
available to the Group within the global e-commerce market-place'. 
   

For further information, please contact:

David Bailey
Chairman, auxinet plc                                   020 7550 1000

John Coyle
Clerkenwell Communications                              020 7713 0900
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