Change to Board of Directors

Intec Telecom Systems PLC 16 June 2000 Not for release, publication or distribution in, or into, the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. New board appointments at Intec Telecom Systems PLC underline post- flotation global growth strategy Intec Telecom Systems PLC (the 'Company'), whose 10 times oversubscribed flotation will debut on the London Stock Exchange on Friday 16 June, has announced the appointment of three highly experienced Non-executive Directors, Gordon Crawford, Dr Ceri James and Edward Astle, to add additional strength to its board. The new Directors bring substantial experience of growing high-technology businesses internationally in a public company environment. Chief Executive, Kevin Adams, commented: 'Intec Telecom Systems is a business undergoing dramatic growth in a dynamic international marketplace. These three new Non-executive Directors bring valuable experience to our Board and will be a major asset in building upon our current market leadership in packaged interconnect solutions.' Gordon Crawford Gordon Crawford, aged 45, is Executive Chairman, Chief Executive and founder of London Bridge Software Holdings plc, a company capitalised at about £800 million which provides credit management based software and consultancy services. Gordon has been involved in the computer software industry for over 20 years. After graduating from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, he spent a number of years in software development, before joining Wang UK Limited in 1982 where he was involved in the management of sales and marketing of the company's hardware and software products to the insurance sector. He left Wang in 1987 to start his own software company. Ceri James Ceri James, aged 55, was co-founder and a major shareholder of Admiral plc from 1979 until 1999. As Chief Executive of Admiral he was instrumental in growing the IT development, consultancy and training services business throughout Europe, the Far East and Australia. Admiral joined the FTSE 250 in 1997 and is currently capitalised at approximately £1 billion. Prior to co-founding Admiral, Ceri worked for ICL, Nokia, and John Bell. He is currently a Non-executive Director of London Welsh RFC Limited. Edward Astle Edward Astle, aged 46, is currently Non-executive Chairman of Dataflex Plc, one of Europe's leading suppliers of technology for the alternative telecoms market, and is also Non-executive Chairman of two new telecoms- related businesses backed by 3i plc. Between 1997 and 1999 he was a main board director of BICC plc responsible for the international telecoms cable systems division, which he successfully restructured before selling it to Corning. Previously he spent eight years at Cable & Wireless plc, rising to the main board where he was responsible for the company's US long distance business and three global businesses. For further information: Intec Telecom Systems Limited +44 (0) 1483 745800 Andrew Rodaway +44 (0) 7768 808082 (mobile) Kevin Adams, Chief Executive +44 (0) 468 172277 (mobile) Robert Fleming & Co. Limited +44 (0) 20 7638 5858 Simon Gorringe Edward Roskill Arjun Khullar GCI Financial Group Limited +44 (0) 20 7398 0800 Roger Leboff Sally Streeter Notes to Editors: About interconnection Telecommunication networks cannot exist in isolation. Telecommunication traffic (telephone voice and data calls) must be able to pass from one telecommunication operator's network to another, for example from a fixed line operator to a mobile operator or from a national to a regional operator or a national operator to an international operator. Charges, known as interconnect charges, are payable, usually by the operator originating the call, for the use of the other telecommunication operators' networks in order to terminate a call at its destination. An interconnect billing and settlement solution is a system for managing the calculation of charges levied between telecommunication service providers for carrying and terminating other telecommunication operators' traffic on their network and supporting the accounting process between them. It must be capable of calculating charges for the millions of telephone calls passed between telecommunication operators each day. Intec Telecom Systems PLC Intec Telecom Systems PLC and its subsidiaries ('the Group') is the world's leading provider of third party packaged interconnect billing and settlement software in terms of market share with more installations and more telecom operators using its software than any competitor. The Group's core product is InterconnecT, a software platform which allows billing and settlement between telecommunication operators to occur reliably, accurately and speedily. The Group has a contracted customer base of 45 telecommunication operators with 60 installations world-wide. The Group's customer base includes, amongst others, MCI Worldcom, COLT Telecom, Swisscom, Thus and Telkom South Africa. Other product offerings include InterconnecT ITU and the recently launched InterconnecT ASP service. The Group has its own international direct sales force and also operates an alliance partner programme through which sales of the Group's software are also made. Alliance partners include Andersen Consulting, Hewlett-Packard, Logica, KSCL, Sun Microsystems and Compaq. The Group's software is used by telecommunication operators to bill and settle interconnection charges for the use of each other's telecommunication networks. Currently the Group's addressable market is estimated to be in the order of 3,000 telecommunication operators world- wide of which in the order of five per cent. are estimated to have a specialist third-party interconnect billing and settlement software solution. The market for interconnect billing and settlement software is being driven by deregulation, rising voice and data traffic volumes, and Internet traffic. The Group is headquartered in the UK with offices in 13 countries worldwide. As at 31 March 2000, the Group had 168 employees. On acquisition of the InterconnecT product in September 1997 there was a contracted customer base of eight. There have since been releases of two new major versions of InterconnecT. The audited interim results for the Group show revenues for the six months ended 31 March 2000 of £7.6 million and profit before taxation (PBT) of £1.0 million. Revenues for the twelve month period to 30 September 1999 were £8.4 million with a loss before taxation of £0.6 million. This announcement has been issued by and is the sole responsibility of Intec Telecom Systems PLC and has been approved solely for the purposes of Section 57 of the Financial Services Act 1986 by Robert Fleming & Co. Limited, which is regulated by The Securities and Futures Authority Limited and is acting as Sponsor and financial adviser to Intec Telecom Systems PLC in connection with the proposed flotation and public offering of shares in Intec Telecom Systems PLC (the 'Global Offer'). Robert Fleming & Co. Limited is advising Intec Telecom Systems PLC and certain selling shareholders in relation to the proposed Global Offer and no one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than Intec Telecom Systems PLC and certain selling shareholders for providing the protections afforded to customers of Robert Fleming & Co. Limited nor for providing any advice in relation to the proposed Global Offer. This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or solicitation of an offer for securities and any purchase of, or application for, shares to be issued or sold in connection with the Global Offer should only be made on the basis of information contained in the prospectus to be issued in connection with the Global Offer. This announcement is not for distribution or release in the United States of America, Canada, Australia and Japan. Past share price performance is not a guide to future performance. The value of shares can go down as well as up. Persons needing advice should consult a professional adviser. Stabilisation / FSA. This announcement does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the United States. The securities are not being registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act') and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to US Persons (as such terms are defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) unless registered under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from such registration. No public offering of securities is being made in the United States.
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