Additional Admission

NewMedia SPARK PLC
18 August 2000

                         NewMedia SPARK plc ('SPARK')
                                       
 Application for additional new ordinary shares in SPARK ('new SPARK Shares')
 and new warrants to subscribe ordinary shares in SPARK ('new SPARK Warrants')
                                to be admitted
                     to the Alternative Investment Market
    in respect of consideration for the recommended offer (the 'Offer') for
                              Softtechnet.com plc
                                       
                                       
The Board of SPARK announces that application has been made to admit a further
328,187 new SPARK Shares and a further 82,038 new SPARK Warrants to trading on
AIM  in  respect of acceptances of the Offer received between 9 August 2000and
15  August 2000, inclusive.  Admission is expected to take place on 23  August
2000.

Further  applications  for  new SPARK Shares and  new  SPARK  Warrants  to  be
admitted to AIM will be made in respect of further acceptances received whilst
the Offer remains open for acceptance.