Additional Application

NewMedia SPARK PLC
22 September 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 ('Softtechnet')
                                       
                                       
The  Board  of  SPARK  announces  that, following  the  sending  of  statutory
compulsory acquisition notices to non-accepting shareholders in Softtechnet on
2  August  2000  and the expiry on 13 September 2000 of the  statutory  period
during  which  such shareholders could apply to the Court to  object  to  such
compulsory acquisition, application has been made to admit a further 1,896,912
new SPARK Shares and a further 474,228 new SPARK Warrants to trading on AIM in
respect  of the compulsory acquisition of the shares in Softtchnet  for  which
acceptances of the Offer were not received by 13 September 2000.  Admission is
expected to take place on 27 September 2000.