Merger Update

Cube8.com PLC 24 April 2001 Dynamid wraps up ByBox merger Cube8, the AIM-quoted investment and incubation company has been informed that Dynamid, in which it held a 33% stake, has now completed its proposed merger with ByBox. As a result of the merger, Cube8 now holds a 9.45% stake in ByBox Holdings. Stuart Miller of ByBox and Dan Turner from Dynamid are now joint chief executives of the new company. Miller said of the deal: 'We are now in a unique position to provide the logistics industry with a single relationship providing a complete unattended delivery platform. The ByBox solution now includes home delivery boxes, locker banks and an integrated delivery management system'. Turner was also pleased about the merger. 'The market has been demanding a fully integrated solution for some time and this merger is the first step in consolidating the sector. The market is telling us that it likes this business combination - ByBox's market experience and the integration skills of Dynamid,' he said. As part of the transaction, ByBox Holdings has also acquired Logibag UK, a 15-year-old business that operates unattended locker banks in the UK. Sites operated by the company include Eurostar's left luggage lockers at Waterloo station. * For more information contact Paul Munford on 020 7479 2787 or paulm@cube8.com NOTES TO EDITORS: Cube8 is a Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) investment company that provides financial and intellectual capital to accelerate start-up and early-stage businesses. The company concentrates its business in two key areas - investment and consultancy. The company's shares started trading on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange (AIM) on 28 February, 2000.

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