Acquisition and Placing

Ingenta PLC
2 October 2000

                          INGENTA PLC

              INGENTA ACQUIRES  DYNAMIC DIAGRAMS
                  AND UNDERTAKES £7M PLACING

LONDON,  October 2, 2000 - ingenta plc ('ingenta'), the  global
research gateway, today announced that it has acquired  Dynamic
Diagrams, the online journal and website development operations
of  Cadmus Communications Corporation Inc. ('Cadmus').  Dynamic
Diagrams,   with  operations  in  Providence  (Rhode   Island),
Baltimore  (Maryland),  and  London provides  data  conversion,
software and online content development services to some of the
leading  journal and reference publishers in the  US  including
two of the top medical societies and McGraw-Hill.

Under  the  terms  of the agreement, ingenta is  acquiring  the
assets  of  Dynamic  Diagrams.  The  consideration  payable  by
ingenta  is  equivalent to the net asset value  of  the  assets
acquired,  up  to  a  maximum  of  $5.5million,  subject  to  a
completion  audit.  The business acquired generated $3.4million
of  turnover  in the year to 30 June 2000 and on  a  pro  forma
basis,  adjusting  to  remove  overheads  not  being  acquired,
generated    an   EBITDA   loss   of   $1.1million.   Following
reorganisation, the business is expected to be profitable  from
acquisition.

To fund the acquisition and associated reorganisation costs and
to   provide  working  capital  for  further  growth  for   the
acquisition, Old Mutual Securities is placing 2.5  million  new
ordinary  shares of 5p each in ingenta at a price of  280p  per
share, raising £6.7 million net of commissions and expenses.

'This  acquisition accelerates ingenta's strategy in the United
States  of  providing  online services  and  e-communities  for
societies  and  other  publishers  of  research  and  reference
information',  stated  Mark Rowse, CEO  of  ingenta.   'Dynamic
Diagrams'  skill set  complements ingenta's in every  area  and
its  technology  capability is evidenced by  its  portfolio  of
world  renowned  clients:   as  well  servicing  academic   and
research    organisations   it   also   provides    information
architecture  and  design services to the American  Association
for  the Advancement of Science and global technology companies
such as  Samsung Electronics and AOL/Netscape.'

Continuing, Mr. Rowse said 'With this acquisition, ingenta  can
extend its range of services which help publishers to host  and
serve   their  material  online,  create  e-communities  around
special  interests  and  reach  end  users  over  the  Web.  In
particular,  the  acquisition provides ingenta  with  technical
capacity  in  the  US  to  manage  increasing  demand  for  its
services.   The web hosting operations being acquired  generate
around  1 million unique visits per month, increasing ingenta's
traffic by over 50 per cent.'

Bruce  Thomas, CEO of Cadmus, commented: 'Cadmus has  made  the
strategic  decision  to concentrate its developmental  energies
and  resources  on  the  creation  and  implementation  of   an
integrated   electronic  publishing  system  -   a   web-based,
modularized  system  that will permit our Scientific  Technical
and  Medical  (STM) publishing customers to lead  the  movement
toward  much earlier and more article-based publishing both  in
print  and on-line.  We are pleased that ingenta will  continue
and enhance the services that Dynamic Diagrams historically has
provided to our many valued customers.'

About ingenta
ingenta  is  the  global  research  gateway  serving  the   online
information  needs  of  over  1.4 million  visitors  a  month.  It
provides  a  free online search service of published content  from
reliable research sources not freely searchable elsewhere  on  the
Web and is one of the UK's top 20 Web services.  For publishers of
professional and academic periodicals and journals, it provides  a
suite of services including data conversion, secure online hosting
and  distribution of this material to subscribers and pay-per-view
customers.

As  well  as  providing Web users with a  broad  based  article
search  and  delivery service through www.ingenta.com,  ingenta
also   develops   subject-focused   e-communities,   built   in
conjunction with societies, publishers and university presses.

In  March 2000 ingenta merged with the UnCover Company  and  in
May 2000 it became listed on the AIM market of the London Stock
Exchange.   In  June 2000 it acquired Publisher's Communication
Group (PCG).


LINKS:

http://www.ingenta.com
http://www.pcgplus.com
http://www.dynamicdiagrams.com


CONTACTS:

Edward Macquisten/            Mark Rowse         David Callcott               
Jane Hurley                   CEO                Finance Director
Golin/Harris Ludgate          ingenta            ingenta
0207 253 2252                 01865 314800       01225 361020
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