Re Agreement

Microgen PLC
25 March 2002



            Microgen Selected as B2B e-Billing Service Provider to 
                 customers of The Royal Bank of Scotland


Microgen, the UK's leading business-to-business ('B2B') e-Billing Service 
Provider, and The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) today announced an agreement 
under which Microgen will supply B2B e-Billing services to customers of RBS and
NatWest.  Under the terms of the agreement the banks will promote Microgen to 
their corporate customers as their recommended supplier of B2B e-billing
services.

With this agreement, RBS and NatWest are offering their customers a market-
leading and practical e-commerce solution that can help them achieve significant
business benefits, particularly in terms of cost-savings, cash-flow and their
own customer service.  The arrangement brings together key players in the 
process of issuing and settling invoices - supplier, service provider, customer
and bank.

Further information available at www.microgen.co.uk. or contact:

Mike Phillips, Group Finance Director, Microgen plc       01753-847123

Giles Sanderson, Financial Dynamics                       0207 269 7100



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