Proposed Merger with Cromwell Media

InterX PLC
9 February 2000

                                  
                                     
                                INTERX PLC
                                ('InterX')
                                     
                                     
                   PROPOSED MERGER OF INTERX AND CROMWELL
             TAKES INTERX'S E-BUSINESS STRATEGY TO NEXT STAGE

The  Board  of  InterX  today announces that it has  reached  agreement  in
principle to merge with Cromwell Media Limited ('Cromwell').

Cromwell is a company which develops web application platform technology  -
and   whose   products  power  ITNetwork.com  and  Silicon.com.  Cromwell's
technology  provides  for  the rapid development of  large  database-driven
mission-critical web systems where personalisation, reliability,  security,
and  scaleability issues, combined with full multi-channel capability,  are
fundamental to the e-business proposition.

It  is  the Board's opinion that Cromwell's technology competes effectively
with   that   of  both  Broadvision,  Inc.  ('Broadvision')  and   Vignette
Corporation,   both   USA  NASDAQ-listed  companies,   and,   for   certain
applications, is superior.

The  Board is therefore pleased to announce the following actions which are
designed  to  maximise  the  benefit of Cromwell's  technology  for  InterX
shareholders:

*     Agreement  in principle reached on the terms of the merger, resulting
      in the acquisition of the 63% of Cromwell not already owned by InterX,
      through the issue of 11,946,052 new InterX shares as consideration.
      This values the entire issued share capital of Cromwell at £226 million
      on the basis of InterX's closing price of 1180p on 8 February 2000. The
      number of consideration shares is not expected to alter.

*     Appointment  of Philip Crawford as Chairman (part-time)  of  Cromwell
      with immediate effect.  Philip Crawford is President of EDS
      International. He was previously Managing Director of Oracle UK
      ('Oracle') and a member of the Oracle Strategy Planning Committee. Prior
      to this, he was Managing Director and CEO of Bull UK and Ireland.

*     Appointment  of Robert Bruce as Chief Executive Officer of  Cromwell,
      with effect from 14 February 2000.  Robert Bruce was one of two people
      recruited by Broadvision from Oracle in 1997 to set up their UK
      operations. Since this time, Robert Bruce has been instrumental in the
      significant growth in sales and success of Broadvision's UK business.

*     Proposed  placing  and open offer to raise up  to  £30  million,  the
      proceeds of which are to be used to fund the development of Cromwell's
      technology, products, infrastructure and markets.

The  Board of InterX intends to announce interim results for the six months
ended  5  February 2000 in March.  It is anticipated that at that  time  it
will also be in a position to announce completion of the merger and details
of  the  proposed placing and open offer, both of which will be subject  to
the  approval  of  InterX  shareholders.   A  circular  will  be  sent   to
shareholders  setting  out  details  of  the  transactions,  convening   an
Extraordinary General Meeting to approve them and updating shareholders  on
the  progress  that  has been made in terms of the  separation  of  the  IT
distributor, Ideal Hardware plc, from the Group.

The  Board of InterX believes that the merger is a significant step in  the
development of InterX's strategy - through the future earnings potential of
Cromwell's  technology and by securing the ability of the Group  to  extend
the ITNetwork business model into other vertical markets.

Commenting on these developments, James Wickes, Chief Executive of  InterX,
said:

'Cromwell and its technology are critical to the successful development  of
InterX's existing and future e-businesses.

'This  merger  represents a major step towards implementing  our  strategy.
Given  that it is already competing successfully with the perceived  market
leaders,  the  opportunities to apply Cromwell's software  across  a  broad
spectrum of industries are immense.

'With  the  addition  of  Philip Crawford and Rob Bruce  to  the  board  of
Cromwell, we now have an exceptional team which not only has a clear vision
of  future  web  technologies,  but which  also  has  the  global  business
experience and track record to turn them into commercial reality.

'The  merger  with Cromwell will provide the foundation for a  consolidated
Group   strategy  which  will  be  of  significant  benefit  to   all   our
shareholders.'
                                                                           
                                                            9 February 2000

Enquiries:

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