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betinternet.com PLC 20 May 2002 betinternet.com plc ('betinternet.com' or the 'Company') Placing of shares and dealings by director The Company is pleased to announce a placing by Williams de Broe of 7,812,500 ordinary shares of the Company at 16p per share. The Placing comprises a placing of 6,458,100 new ordinary shares and 1,345,400 existing issued ordinary shares derived from the exercise of certain warrants as referred to below (together, the 'Placing Shares') and will result in approximately £1.25m gross of expenses being raised by the Company. These ordinary shares represent 7.7% of the issued share capital of the Company. The Company also announces that its Chairman and Managing Director, Vincent Caldwell, has exercised warrants over 1,805,867 ordinary shares of the Company at 12p per share of which the 1,354,400 issued ordinary shares (referred to above) have been placed at 16p per share, amounting to £216,704 and forming part of the total of 7,812,500 ordinary shares placed by Williams de Broe Plc. The remainder of the ordinary shares, resulting from the exercise of Vincent Caldwell's warrants and which have not been placed, together with the current shareholdings of the directors, Martin Caldwell, Jennifer Caldwell and Mill Properties Limited, are subject to a lock-in arrangement until 31 December 2002 pursuant to the terms of the placing agreement and separate lock-in deeds respectively. Further to these transactions, Vincent Caldwell is now beneficially interested in 15,864,967 ordinary shares in betinternet.com, which represents 15.7% of the issued ordinary share capital. Application has been made to admit a total of 8,263,967 ordinary shares (being the Placing Shares and the ordinary shares retained by Vincent Caldwell on exercise of the 1,805,867 warrants held by him), which will rank pari passu with the Company's existing shares, to trading on AIM and it is expected that dealings in the new Ordinary Shares will commence on 21 May 2002. In addition to the above arrangement, the Company has issued warrants to Williams de Broe Plc over 312,500 ordinary shares with an exercise price of 16p, to be exercised by no later than five years from the date of admission of the Placing Shares to trading on AIM. The net proceeds of the placing will mainly be used to enhance further existing systems and undertake targeted marketing for the World Cup and the 2002/2003 soccer season, to provide the Company with further cash cover to cater for the expected increase in activity expected from the World Cup. Funds will also be used to develop further Euro Off-Track (50% owned by betinternet.com plc). Enquiries betinternet.com plc Vincent Caldwell +44(0) 1624 666 058 (office) + 44(0) 7624 481 800 (mobile) Mark McGuinness +44(0) 1624 629 699 (office) + 44(0) 7624 450 021 (mobile) Williams de Broe Plc Clive Carver + 44(0) 7588 7511 (office) This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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