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Interregnum PLC 25 May 2000 Interregnum plc ('Interregnum') £270,000 investment in Mediasurface Limited ('Mediasurface') Interregnum, the IT venture marketeer and investor, today announces its third investment since flotation on 13 March 2000: a £270,000 equity investment in Mediasurface, a supplier of integrated e-business content management solutions. Eight additional investors, including GE Equity, Goldman Sachs International, Reuters Greenhouse, 3i plc, Elderstreet Investments Limited, Amadeus Capital Partners Limited, Index Ventures and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson Private Equity, have contributed to this round of financing, which has raised £21 million for Mediasurface. The financing will be used to assist Mediasurface's aggressive plans for continued expansion, focusing on achieving European dominance and significant global market share. Mediasurface, headquartered in London, provides Internet content management software and services. Its latest product, Mediasurface 3, was designed as the hub of e-business, offering a significant advantage in speed to market by managing all the interactions between people, content and applications. Adrian Merryman, Chief Investment Officer of Interregnum commented: 'We have always had a direct, hands-on relationship with Mediasurface helping the team to develop a value-building strategy and raise new funds. We are delighted to have the opportunity now to invest our own money in the company, which firmly endorses our belief in its very promising future.' For more information: Ludgate Communications 020 7253 2252 Vanessa Anderson/Liz Ware Interregnum 020 7494 3080 Graham Ransom, Director Mediasurface 020 7939 7170 Michelle Carney, Global PR Manager Teather & Greenwood Limited 020 7426 9000 Russell Cook, Director NOTES TO EDITORS Mediasurface Limited * Mediasurface Limited is a leading provider of enterprise content management application software for Web sites, intranets, extranets and emerging digital networks. * Founded in 1996 with the vision that enterprise content management is a prerequisite for e-business success, Mediasurface recognised then, as now, that Web sites are the first of many digital delivery channels. Mediasurface provides its clients with powerful software and services to manage interaction between content and people, from origination to destination, irrespective of language or location. * Robust and scalable, Mediasurface product suite delivers e- businesses the significant competitive advantage of speed to market. Mediasurface's comprehensive content solutions are integrated with best-in-class e-commerce, knowledge management, design, localisation and personalisation software, and delivered through select, highly trained service partners. More information can be found at www.mediasurface.com Interregnum plc * Interregnum is a pioneering IT venture marketeer and investor. It works with high potential IT entrepreneurs to develop, resource and implement aggressive, marketing-led, value building strategies and to 'transform technology into wealth'. * Interregnum is a quoted company listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange with a market capitalisation of £44.5 million (closing middle market price of 69p per share on 24 May 2000). * Interregnum provides services under two main categories: Intellectual Capital - Venture Marketing: working as non-executive directors with high-potential IT companies to develop, fund and implement aggressive business strategies, in order to increase realisable market value and create wealth; - Research & Consulting: working with both innovators and investors on specific projects where the critical analysis or development of strategies is involved; - Mergers & Acquisitions: helps the parties involved in M&A transactions to understand and justify the unique value attributable to IT companies. Financial Capital - Venture Capital: co-investing with institutional and private investors. * Interregnum - (www.interregnum.com) is headquartered in London with an office in San Francisco, USA, and associates in Silicon Valley and New York. The company currently employs 17 people. * In August 1999, Interregnum launched 'enterprise.USA', in conjunction with the DTI-backed Software Business Network, to assist UK IT entrepreneurs in establishing and building the right infrastructure to launch and sustain successful businesses in the US. * Interregnum currently has a portfolio of 27 IT and IT- related investments.
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