Appointment of Director

Interregnum PLC 18 February 2004 18 February 2004 INTERREGNUM PLC (Interregnum' or 'the Company') Appointment of Director Further to the release of interim results on 17 February 2004, in which the Board announced the appointment of Melvyn Morris (48) as a Non Executive Director, the Company is able to provide further information in respect of Mel. Mel is a highly experienced senior executive and technologist. He has founded and developed five profitable technology companies and has a long history of profitable collaboration with Interregnum which has resulted in two successful trade sales. In 1997 Interregnum assisted him in the sale of Prometrics to Platinum Technology. More recently Mel was the founder of uDate.com Inc, the world's second largest internet dating business with annual revenues of US$40m, which was sold to Interactive Corporation of America in April 2003 for US$150m, less than five years after Mel founded it, generating £600,000 in advisory fees for Interregnum in the last financial year. Mel currently has a beneficial interest in 1,120,000 ordinary shares of Interregnum (1.6% of the current issued share capital of the Company). Commenting on his appointment, Ken Olisa, Chief Executive of Interregnum, said: 'One of the critical components of Interregnum's success has been the ability to call on the advice and efforts of a wide ranging network of contacts. I am therefore delighted to be able to welcome Mel Morris to our Board. Mel has been a serial client of Interregnum since 1993 and I am confident that hiss 20 years in the IT sector as a technologist and entrepreneur on both sides of the Atlantic will further strengthen our Board at this critical juncture in the Company's growth.' The directorships and partnerships held by Melvyn Morris currently and over the five years preceding the date of appointment are as follows: Current: Udate.com Limited Udate.com Inc E-Swop Limited E-Save Limited Prevx Limited Midasplayer.com Limited Previous: Minitech (UK) Limited Ugolf Limited SJC 21 Limited Mel was also Director of Ironz Plc until February 2003. The company was placed into liquidation on July 2003. There are no other matters which are required to be announced as required under paragraph (f) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules. - Ends - For further information, please contact: Ken Olisa, CEO & Chairman Interregnum plc 020 7494 3080 Vanessa Maydon / Charlie Jack Merlin 020 7653 6620 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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