Stmnt re Board Change
365 Corporation PLC
3 April 2001
Tuesday 3 April 2001
365 Corporation plc
Management Re-organisation at 365 Corporation plc
The Board of 365 Corporation plc announces that Dan Thompson has expressed his
intention to stand down as Chief Executive Officer by the end of June 2001.
Thereafter it is intended that he will continue to act as a freelance
consultant and advisor to the Board. Arrangements to appoint a successor are
underway and an announcement will be made in due course.
With immediate effect Martin Turner, currently Finance Director and
responsible for 365's Business Division, is appointed Deputy Chief Executive,
and Nik Philpot, currently responsible for the Consumer Telecoms business, is
appointed Group Managing Director of 365's Consumer Division. He is currently
overseeing the launch of 365's new Voice Portal.
Ian Martin, Chairman of 365 Corporation plc, said:
'Dan Thompson was one of the founders of 365 in 1997 and led the flotation on
the London Stock Exchange in December 1999. He has made an outstanding
contribution to building the company to its present size and establishing its
reputation.
Dan leaves the business in good shape, focused on a clear path towards
profitability.'
Enquiries:
365 Corporation plc
Ian Martin, Chairman Tel: 020 8576 6002
Dan Thompson, Chief Executive Officer Tel: 020 7505 7811
Martin Turner, Finance Director Tel: 020 7505 7811
www.365corp.com
Cazenove & Co. Tel: 020 7588 2828
Nick Garrett
David Berks
Financial Dynamics Tel: 020 7831 3113
Giles Sanderson
Ben Atwell
Notes To Editors:
365 Corporation plc (www.365corp.com)
Consumer Division
365's consumer division provides high quality digital content across three
different categories - lifestyle, sport and entertainment. Each of these in
turn, have several different content services, which are accessible to
consumers on a multi platform basis (Internet, mobile phone, fixed line, TV,
PDA etc).
Sport
Football - www.football365.com (English), www.futbol365.com (Spanish),
www.soccer365.com (North American soccer biased content),
international.football365.com - a dedicated service, covering international
football.
Cricket - www.cricketline.com (a leading site for International cricket),
www.cricinfo365.com (daily e-mail publication in joint venture with CricInfo).
Rugby - www.planet-rugby.com, a market leading online rugby resource including
breaking news and unique statistics, www.rugby365.com (produced in four
language versions - English, French, Spanish, Afrikaans), www.rugbyrugby.com
(North American rugby website).
Racetips - www.racetips365.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 (English) www.francais planet-f1.com (French),
www.deutsch.planet-f1.com (Dutch), www.espanol.planet-f1.com,
(Spanish),italiano.planet-f1.com (Italian), 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, www.livesport.com - multi-sport website.
Entertainment
Music - www.music365.com (English), www.music365.fr (French).- 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.trivia365.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 - www365television.com, 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.
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.
Future - www.future365.com - a site dedicated to covering the past, present
and future
Gardening - www.gardening365.com
Gay - www.gay365.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.
Business Division (www.symphony.com)
365 acquired its Business Division as part of the purchase of Symphony
Telecommunications plc (Symphony Telecom) in February 1999. Its focus is to
act as a 'one-stop-shop' and single point of contact for all of its customers'
communications requirements. Increasingly, this includes the provision of
internet-related applications and solutions.
www.business365.co.uk - designed to give SME's within the UK quick and easy
access to the facts and communication services they need to help run their
business. Business365 draws on Symphony's resources to provide independent,
interactive business solutions.
Telephone systems - 365 sells and maintains a range of telephone systems and
related solutions.
Fixed-line resale - 365 provides branded fixed line telecommunications
services and choses to route traffic over a selection of blue chip carriers
including Energis and Viatel. It also provides non-geographic numbers
(premium, national and local rates) and routes ISDN traffic
Mobiles - 365 sells mobile handsets, airtime and ongoing support to SME's via
the Cellnet or Vodafone mobile networks.
Internet services - 365's internet products include network access devices,
ISDN-2-dial-up, web hosting and web design services.