Notifiable Interest

NewMedia SPARK PLC
27 October 2000

NewMedia SPARK plc

On 26 October 2000, the Company received notification from Scudder
Threadneedle Investments on behalf of Zurich Financial Services and its Group,
that Zurich Financial Services and its Group had the following notifiable
interests in the share capital of the Company:

Registered Owner                                                Ordinary Shares
Littledown Nominees Limited             A/c 21667                       416,280
Littledown Nominees Limited             A/c 07203                     1,083,720
Littledown Nominees Limited             A/c 07179                     1,000,000
Littledown Nominees Limited             A/c 05576                     6,974,500
Littledown Nominees Limited             A/c 05577                       471,250

Total                                                                 9,945,750
                                                                           3.1%

Notes

Littledown Nominees Ltd is a nominee for the ZFS Group subsidiaries: Allied
Dunbar Assurance plc, Zurich Financial Services UK (AD) Pension Scheme; Eagle
Star Insurance Company Ltd; Eagle Star Life Assurance Company Ltd; Eagle Star
Pension Trustees Ltd; Eagle Star Executive Pension Trustee Ltd; Eagle Star
Securities Ltd; Sceptre Trust Ltd; Home & Overseas Insurance Company Ltd;
Scudder Threadneedle Pension Managers Ltd; and the Chase Manhattan Trustees
Ltd, the Trustees for Eagle Star Unit Managers Ltd and the Depository to
Threadneedle Investment Funds ICVC.

ZFS is Zurich Financial Services, a company incorporated in Switzerland.

This notification is made on behalf of:

Allied Dunbar Assurance plc;

Eagle Star Life Assurance Company Ltd and Eagle Star Holdings Limited;

Scudder Threadneedle Investment Ltd, Scudder Threadneedle Pension Managers Ltd
and Scudder Investment Holdings Ltd;

Zurich Financial Services (UKISA) Ltd, Allied Zurich Holdings Ltd, Zurich
Group Holding, Allied Zurich plc and Zurich Financial Services, the
intermediate and ultimate holding companies of the aforementioned companies.