Appointment of Director

betinternet.com PLC
16 July 2004

betinternet.com plc



Appointment of Director

As announced on 25 June 2004, Mr James Mellon has been invited by the Board of
betinternet.com plc ('betinternet' or 'the Company') to become a non-executive
director of the Company.  The Company was notified yesterday that the Isle of
Man Gambling Control Commissioners have confirmed their approval of his
appointment to the Board and accordingly, he joins the Board with immediate
effect.



In addition to his directorship of the Company, Mr James Mellon, aged 47, is or
has been a director of the following companies at any time in the past five
years:


Current directorships


Asian Opportunity Fund 1998 - Series I
Asian Opportunity Fund 1998 - Series II
BFS Absolute Trust Limited
bigsave Holdings plc
Bigsave Travel Ltd
Bigsave UK Limited
Burnbrae Ltd
Charlemagne Capital (IOM) Limited
Charlemagne Capital Limited
Charlemagne Capital Russia Fund
Charlemagne Capital Russia Value Fund
Discover Investment Company - Discover Asia
Discover Investment Company - Discover Europe
Extreme Opportunities Limited
Regent Markets Holdings Limited
Fixed-Odds Capital (Cook Islands) Ltd
Regent Markets Group Limited
iRegent Fund Management (Asia) Limited
Paymonthly.com (Hong Kong) Limited
Regent Fund Management Limited
Regent Pacific Group Limited
The New Korea Growth Fund
UAFC Limited
Undervalued Assets Property Fund - Series Two



Past directorships



Alphorn Management Limited
ARC Rainbow Fund
AstroEast.com (Hong Kong) Limited
AstroEast.com Limited
betinternet.com plc
Blue Tiger Investment Company Ltd (Dissolved 31 Jan 2000)
Capital Nominees Limited
Charlemagne Capital (Barbados) Limited
Cycletek Investments Ltd
Divine Limited (dissolved with effect from 28 Mar 2002)
Eastern Europe Money Market Fund Ltd (Liquidated and dissolved 27 April 2001)
Global Glory Investment Limited
Henderson Baillieu Limited
Interman Europe plc
Interman Holdings Limited
Interman (Hong Kong) Limited (Ceased business with effect from 31 Mar 2002)
KOL (Labuan) Limited
Koreainsure (Labuan) Limited
Koreaonline (Labuan) Limited
Koreaonline Limited
La Fayette Management Limited
Lastminute Limited
Lionheart plc
London Art.Co.UK Limited
Moores Investments Ltd
Nirvana Capital (BVI) Limited
Nirvana Capital Limited
OCCO Asia Fund
Philippines Long Term Equity Fund Limited
Red Tiger Investment Company Ltd (Dissolved 31 Jan 2000)
Regent Asset Management (Labuan) Limited
Regent CIS Fund Limited
Regent CIS Fund (Labuan) Limited
Regent Global Fund (Dissolved 31 Mar 2003)
Regent European Securities (Barbados) Ltd (Dissolved 10 Apr 2003)
Regent KITC Russian Debt Fund (Dissolved 30 Jun 1998)
Regent MIC Management Limited (Liquidated 18 May 2001)
Regent Pacific Fund (Voluntary Liquidation 8 Apr 2003)
Regent Pacific Group (Hong Kong) Limited
Regent Pacific Private Equity Limited (Dissolved 14 Jan 2003)
Regent Russian Debt Fund (Dissolved 23 May 2000)
Regent Undervalued Assets Africa Fund (Dissolved 22 April 2002)
Regent Ukraine Fund (Dissolved)
RL Country Warrant Fund
RPG (Bahamas) Limited
RPG (L) Ltd
South Asia Fund
Sri Lanka Fund
Taiwan Arbitrage Company (Dissolved 28 Jul 2000)
The Perfect Ending.com Limited (Company dissolved with effect from 28 Mar 2002)
Tomaso Pte Ltd (Company dissolved with effect from 3 Nov 2001)
The Golden Tiger Fund (Dissolved 31 Jan 2000)
The Moghul Fund
Undervalued Assets Fund - Series One (In liquidation 24 Jul 2003)
Undervalued Assets Greater China Fund - Series Three (Dissolved 28 Mar 2003)
White Tiger Investment Company Ltd (Dissolved 31 Jan 2000)



The following disclosures are being made under Schedule 2(f) of the AIM Rules:



Mr Mellon was a director of bigsave UK Ltd, at the time the company went into
administration in October 2002. bigsave UK Ltd is a subsidiary of bigsave
Holdings plc, and the administration is part of a current restructuring exercise
to streamline the holding company.



Mr Mellon was a director of the companies listed below that were dissolved
voluntarily, either at the time or within the 12 months preceding such events.



ARC Rainbow Fund
Regent Pacific CV Hedge Fund
RL Country Warrant Fund
Taiwan Arbitrage Company
Regent KITC Russian Debt Fund



The above 5 companies were all mutual investment funds and were dissolved by a
shareholders' voluntary liquidation or the equivalent under the jurisdiction of
the country of incorporation. There were no unsatisfied creditors.



Mr Mellon was previously a director of Regent Global Fund that went into
liquidation on November 2001 and Undervalued Assets Greater China Fund Series
III that went into liquidation in December 2001. These companies were mutual
investment funds and were placed into liquidation with the consent of
shareholders as the Directors recommended that due to a decline in the size of
the funds, they were uneconomic. There were no unsatisfied creditors.



An arrest warrant was issued in South Korea against Mr Mellon in December 2000
and remains outstanding. The warrant was issued following malicious allegations
made by a former business partner of KoreaOnline Limited and Mr Mellon believes
there is no substance to these allegations. The Korean authorities and Mr
Mellon's Korean counsel have been unable to discover any evidence, either
written or otherwise, in support of the allegations. However, the arrest warrant
still stands because of Korean legal practice.



There are no further disclosures to be made under Schedule 2(f) of the AIM
Rules.



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