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365 Corporation PLC 23 May 2000 365 announces another significant revenue deal to monetise user base 365 Corporation plc, the leading provider of destination content, community and communication services, announces that it has entered into a commercial partnership with Wideyes, the fastest growing international online recruitment agency. The deal, which is worth several hundred thousands pounds in revenue to 365, underlines the real value to be generated from the 365 user network and is one of a number of such deals that the company is planning. Under the terms of the deal, which is for an initial period of one year, Wideyes will pay 365 a monthly fee in return for access to 365's large international user base, all of whom could be potential users of Wideyes' services, and its expertise in delivering high quality content and community. 365 will provide Wideyes with tailor-made content to support Wideyes' branding in selected areas of the 365 network, in addition to a range of more traditional tools such as banners, links and sponsorship areas. The deal means that 365's consumer and business audiences and the Wideyes client database can be linked together directly to provide a class-leading recruitment service. Reflecting 365's multi-platform approach, these services will initially be available over the internet from June and it is envisaged that they will be rolled out over WAP mobile phones, PDAs and eventually broadband solutions. Commenting on the deal Simon Morris, Director of 365 Corporation said: 'This win-win deal for 365 and Wideyes underpins the huge value to be gained from generating loyal online communities. 365 now has an incredibly strong user base, with well in excess of one and a half million unique users per month, and we are now successfully deriving more and more revenue from this base. This is the first of a number of similar deals we are looking at in different vertical markets.' Chris Clarke, Wideyes UK Web Site Director said: 'The opportunity of working in partnership with the 365 Corporation is very exciting. They clearly have one of the most significant online user bases in the market, together with great brands.' For Further Information Please Contact: Simon Morris, Marketing Director 365 Corporation plc 0207 505 7800 Giles Sanderson, Ben Atwell Financial Dynamics 0207 831 3113 NOTES FOR EDITORS 365 Corporation plc CURRENT SERVICE AND CONTENT OFFERINGS 365 Corporation operates two divisions: Consumer Lifestyle Companionship - www.personals365.com (an on-line companionship product), www.theswitch.co.uk (a multi-platform product using the web and telephone for chat). Gardening - www.gardening365.com Advisory services - telephone-based services to users. 365 provides telephone lines and systems and Infogenie procures the advisory services, currently for legal services and veterinary services. Sport Football - www.football365.com (English), www.futbol365.com (Spanish), www.football365.fr (French), www.talkfootball365.com (Football content on a cross platform basis via TalkFootball365, a telephone and Internet service). www.eurofinals365.com (a dedicated service, in five languages, covering the European Championships 2000). Cricket - www.cricinfo365.com (daily e-mail publication in joint venture with CricInfo), www.cricketline.com (a leading site for International cricket) Rugby - www.rugby365.com (produced in four language versions - English, French, Spanish, Afrikaans), www.rugbyrugby.com (North American rugby website), www.planet-rugby.com (a market leading online rugby resource including breaking news, unique statistics). Racetips: www.racetips.com (a site dedicated to Horse Racing giving the inside track on news, form and the horses to follow). Formula 1: www.planet-f1.com (website featuring news, features and a searchable archive of every race in F1 history). Sports Overview: www.sportszine.co.uk (complete guide to sport on the Internet through a searchable database of over 40,000 individually reviewed websites), www.sportonair.com (UK's first dedicated sports audio website with hourly news, features and interviews). Entertainment Music - www.music365.com (reviews of albums and singles, interviews with artists and personalities and topical stories, on-line chat forum, on-line shopping facilities for concert tickets, CDs and videos). Competitions - www.win365.co.uk (a cross-platform competition based product). Games - www.planet-trivia.com (a network of live, multiplayer trivia games where users can compete in real time against anyone else in the world on a variety of topics including television, education, history, entertainment and sport and win prizes). 365Television - The first production, a documentary on boxer Mike Tyson's UK fight, was commissioned by BBC Choice and recently aired on BBC Choice and BBC2. Business The Business Division provides a 'one stop shop' of telecommunication services and Internet applications to small and medium sized enterprises in the UK, France and Ireland. 365 currently provides fixed line voice and data access, telephone systems, mobiles, Internet access and related services. In order to work towards national coverage, 365 has formed equity joint ventures with 12 telecom systems dealers across the UK. Under these arrangements, 365 contributes its expertise and access to its customer service and billing infrastructure, while the dealer contributes local sales and marketing expertise. The existing customer base of the joint venture partners provides the initial target for 365's marketing efforts. In February 2000, 365 acquired the entire issued capital of Fenfones Communications Limited, an established telephone systems supplier located in Newmarket serving the SME market. Total consideration paid was £4,520,000. On the same day, 365 acquired the 50% shareholding in Datacom Networks Limited (a joint venture) owned by Fenfones for £500,000. The formation of equity joint ventures with telecom system dealers, and acquisition of Fenfones, underlines 365's strategy of securing distribution and long-term customer retention though partnership with, or ownership of, the telephone system supply channel. The telephone system represents the key product around which value-added telecommunication and internet services can be developed and sold to SME customers. More about Wideyes Wideyes is a 3rd generation, innovative, career-focused on-line and off-line recruitment company founded in Sweden and launching across European countries including the UK and France in Q1, 2000. Wideyes understands candidate's talents and provides the opportunity for professionals to identify companies that truly match their aspirations. While companies, with global recruitment requirements can gain access to the superior talent to maintain their competitive advantage. Through a host of services including psychometric testing, a global database of jobs and off and on-line support, Wideyes is setting the new standard in Internet recruitment. Wideyes has an international outlook, implementing 18 languages covering more than 40 markets in the same global scalable database. Locally established with offices in 15 western European countries by the end of the year 2000, Wideyes has the intention to penetrate US, and Asian markets in 2001.

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