Additional Admission

NewMedia SPARK PLC
1 August 2000


                         NewMedia SPARK plc ('SPARK')
                                       
 Application for additional new ordinary shares in SPARK ('new SPARK Shares')
issued on exercise of quoted warrants to subscribe ordinary shares in SPARK at
         75p per share ('Quoted SPARK Warrants') to be admitted to AIM
                                       
                                       
The Board of SPARK announces that application has been made to admit a further
1,375  new SPARK Shares to trading on AIM in respect of the exercise of Quoted
SPARK  Warrants at 75p per share, notices of which were received from  holders
of  Quoted  SPARK  Warrants up to and including 28 July  2000.   Admission  is
expected to take place on 3 August 2000.