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Yoomedia PLC 18 November 2003 YOOMEDIA PLC ('YooMedia' or the 'Company') Loan Stock Conversion YooMedia is pleased to announce the conversion of its £2,000,000 variable rate secured convertible loan stock 2008 ('Loan Stock') in to 20,000,000 new ordinary shares of 1 pence each at a conversion rate of 1 ordinary share per 10 pence of Loan Stock (the 'Conversion'). In the period since the 29th May 2003 the Company has placed £2,000,000 of Loan Stock pursuant to the deed poll. Under the terms of the deed poll, the Company can call for conversion of the Loan Stock at a conversion rate of 1 ordinary share per 10 pence of Loan Stock should the market bid price, as derived from the AIM appendix to the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List, be equal to or exceed 30 pence over 30 consecutive trading days. The Company's nominated adviser and broker, Durlacher Limited ('Durlacher'), confirmed that this condition was met on 23rd October 2003. As a consequence, the independent directors of the Company, being Messrs. Richard Blake and Paul Stacey, (the 'Independent Directors') at a meeting held on 13th November 2003, after consultation with Durlacher, decided that immediate conversion of the Loan Stock was in the best interests of YooMedia and its shareholders as a whole. The Independent Directors, considered, amongst other things, the considerable advantage of reducing the Company's gearing and cash commitments via the Conversion and concluded that such an action would strengthen the Company's equity base. Furthermore, the immediate conversion of the Loan Stock means that holders of Loan Stock are converted at the maximum conversion price of 10 pence per ordinary share. Commenting on the Conversion, Dr Michael Sinclair, Executive Chairman, said, ' The excellent performance of our share price has given us an early opportunity to strengthen our balance sheet and remove the loan stock interest burden. This gives YooMedia a firmer equity base from which to expand and I look forward to providing shareholders with further good news in the near future.' Following the decision to convert the Loan Stock, the Company has today despatched the requisite notices to holders of the Loan Stock The Loan Stock will convert into 20,000,000 new ordinary shares of 1 pence each, and post conversion the Company will have 112,678,072 issued ordinary shares. Application has been made for the 20,000,000 new ordinary shares, which will rank pari passu with existing ordinary shares, to be admitted to trading on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange. Admission will become effective and dealings are expected to commence at 8.00am on 21 November 2003. Following conversion, the following investors have notifiable interests in the Company: Dr Michael Sinclair, YooMedia's Chairman and CEO, has a beneficial holding of 25,950,660 ordinary shares, representing 22.6 per cent. of the Company's enlarged issued share capital. Foresight Technology VCT plc has a beneficial holding of 18,410,000 ordinary shares, representing 16.3 per cent. of the Company's enlarged issued share capital. Leo Noe, a non-executive director of the Company, has a beneficial holding of 5,000,000 ordinary shares, representing 4.4 per cent. of the Company's enlarged issued share capital. Lord Evans of Watford, a non-executive director of the Company, has a beneficial holding of 4,000,000 ordinary shares, representing 3.5 per cent. of the Company's enlarged issued share capital. Andrew Fearon, YooMedia's Chief Operating Officer, has a beneficial holding of 1,316,000 ordinary shares, representing 1.2 per cent. of the Company's enlarged issued share capital. David Docherty, an executive director of the Company, has a beneficial holding of 750,000 ordinary shares, representing 0.7 per cent. of the Company's enlarged issued share capital. Edmund Abrams, YooMedia's development director, has a beneficial holding of 625,000 ordinary shares, representing 0.6 per cent. of the Company's enlarged issued share capital. Further enquiries please contact: John Murray 020 7553 6559 Public Relations David Rae 020 7459 3600 Durlacher Ltd About YooMedia YooMedia plc is a digital TV and mobile entertainment company that provide services including chat, games and dating products. YooMedia's suite of iTV and eTV services and products allow digital network operators and broadcasters to build communities of loyal viewers and establish new revenue streams. YooMedia works with licensees and publishers to create classic parlour games, multi-player games and real-time arcade action games for interactive TV. YooMedia has the exclusive license for Tetris across UK digital cable. YooMedia is an established provider of interactive TV chat, with a variety of messaging applications. This service is also available to other broadcasters and operators. yoome2 is the interactive channel on Telewest digital cable. The Channel includes the UK's only cable chat service, yoome chat, along with a suite of games (including the first cable launch of Tetris). Yoome2 also includes competitions, prizes and mobile phone ringtones and logo downloads. The technology developed for the Channel and chat services can also be used as a core framework for similar interactive services by broadcasters and branded accordingly. YooMedia has signed an exclusive partnership with Dateline to develop and launch all of its interactive dating services on digital and cable television. In April 2003, YooMedia acquired 33% of MIETV and has the option to acquire the remainder of the company. We have invested in and launched the first ever games channel on Freeview called Free2Play and have secured the right to run pay to play games on the platform. The channel launched on 23rd May 2003. YooMedia is to pioneer the use of mobile phones to interact in real time with a TV programme. The Trigger TV technology, which is exclusive to YooMedia and protected by a worldwide patent, broadens the reach of interactive TV because it allows viewers to interact synchronously with TV programmes by mobile phone, without needing a digital set-top box. YooMedia also has an agreement with ntl: Home to distribute all its products on its digital interactive cable platform. ntl: Home customers will soon have access to a Cartoon Network branded games channel and the UK's leading dating agency, Dateline, both built and run by YooMedia. Also they will have access to YooMedia's extensive games library as well as a unique 24/7 Chat solution. YooMedia plc is quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. www.yoomedia.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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