Advisory Board Formed

Ingenta PLC
14 November 2001



Date:     Wednesday 14 November 2001



Contact:             Ingenta plc                   Website : www.ingenta.com
                     Amanda Procter                Tel:   [phone]
                     [e-mail]

                     Hudson Sandler
                     Philip Dennis                 Tel :   [phone]
                     Alistair Mackinnon-Musson     Email:  [e-mail]




                                    Ingenta plc

                    ADVISORY BOARD FORMED TO CONTRIBUTE TO

                           FUTURE BUSINESS STRATEGY


Ingenta plc, the global market leader in the online distribution of published
scientific, professional and academic research, is pleased to announce it has
created an Advisory Board of leading industry figures to provide strategic
advice and support to the Ingenta plc Board.  Selected for their expertise in
specialist areas of the information industry, the Advisory Board will provide
input on strategic ideas and initiatives, identify key business developments
and provide access to high-level contacts internationally.

The members of the Advisory Board will consist of representatives from both
the UK and the US. The UK based group has now been formally constituted and
includes:

John Cox: Principal of John Cox Associates, whose career has included being MD
of B H Blackwell and Carfax Publishing, now part of Taylor & Francis Group
plc, and the development of innovative licensing regimes for library and
publisher clients.

Professor Wendy Hall, CBE, FREng.: Professor of Computer Science, University
of Southampton, who has wide international experience in all aspects of
computing and its role in information and communication, and is very active in
the Web community.

Professor Derek Law: Director of Information Resources, University of
Strathclyde, who was the co-developer of BIDS national data services and is a
leading international emissary of the research library community.

Drs ing. Herman P. Spruijt: Chairman of the Board of Non-Executive Directors,
Brouwer Groep Holdings, and former Chairman and Chief Executive of Elsevier
Science, who is an active member of the Industry Advisory Board of the World
Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and the International Publishers
Association.

David Worlock: Chairman, Electronic Publishing Services Ltd., a leading
consultancy covering the online information industry, who has wide experience
of managing folio and electronic publishing companies.

Mark Rowse, Chief Executive of Ingenta, commented: 'The formation of such a
group of industry experts, each thought leaders in their respective fields, is
helping Ingenta to continue its exponential growth within this competitive
marketplace. Continued innovation is crucial to maintaining our leading
position as the provider of online solutions for producers and users of
research, and this group will help to shape our business and services to meet
their future needs.'



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For full Advisory Board member biographies, photographs and further
information please refer to 'Contacts' above:



Related websites:

John Cox Associates: http://www.licensingmodels.com

Wendy Hall: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/wh/

British Computer Society: http://www.bcs.org.uk

BIDS: http://www.bids.ac.uk

Brouwer Groep Holdings: http://www.brouwer.nl

WIPO: http://www.wipo.org

IPA: http://www.ipa-uie.org

EPS: http://www.epsltd.com


About Ingenta (www.ingenta.com):



*         Ingenta provides online solutions to producers and users of academic
and professional research information.

*         One of the UK's top five Web services, Ingenta serves the online
research information needs of more than three million visitors per month

*         For publishers of professional and academic periodicals and
journals, the company provides a suite of services including data conversion;
secure online hosting, subscription authentication, marketing and e-commerce
services.

*         Ingenta also provides specialist Information Architecture services
and develops websites in conjunction with publishers, societies and other
research organisations.

*         For libraries, Ingenta offers customised research retrieval and
collection management tools in addition to the free online research services
available at www.ingenta.com and www.catchword.com.

*         The Ingenta Institute organises independent research into the
scholarly information industry. For more information, please email
[e-mail].

*         In March 2000, Ingenta was listed on the AIM market of the London
Stock Exchange.