Advisory Board Formed

Ingenta PLC 14 November 2001 Date: Wednesday 14 November 2001 Contact: Ingenta plc Website : www.ingenta.com Amanda Procter Tel: 01865 799022 aprocter@ingenta.com Hudson Sandler Philip Dennis Tel : 020 7796 4133 Alistair Mackinnon-Musson Email: ingenta@hspr.co.uk Ingenta plc ADVISORY BOARD FORMED TO CONTRIBUTE TO FUTURE BUSINESS STRATEGY Ingenta plc, the global market leader in the online distribution of published scientific, professional and academic research, is pleased to announce it has created an Advisory Board of leading industry figures to provide strategic advice and support to the Ingenta plc Board. Selected for their expertise in specialist areas of the information industry, the Advisory Board will provide input on strategic ideas and initiatives, identify key business developments and provide access to high-level contacts internationally. The members of the Advisory Board will consist of representatives from both the UK and the US. The UK based group has now been formally constituted and includes: John Cox: Principal of John Cox Associates, whose career has included being MD of B H Blackwell and Carfax Publishing, now part of Taylor & Francis Group plc, and the development of innovative licensing regimes for library and publisher clients. Professor Wendy Hall, CBE, FREng.: Professor of Computer Science, University of Southampton, who has wide international experience in all aspects of computing and its role in information and communication, and is very active in the Web community. Professor Derek Law: Director of Information Resources, University of Strathclyde, who was the co-developer of BIDS national data services and is a leading international emissary of the research library community. Drs ing. Herman P. Spruijt: Chairman of the Board of Non-Executive Directors, Brouwer Groep Holdings, and former Chairman and Chief Executive of Elsevier Science, who is an active member of the Industry Advisory Board of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and the International Publishers Association. David Worlock: Chairman, Electronic Publishing Services Ltd., a leading consultancy covering the online information industry, who has wide experience of managing folio and electronic publishing companies. Mark Rowse, Chief Executive of Ingenta, commented: 'The formation of such a group of industry experts, each thought leaders in their respective fields, is helping Ingenta to continue its exponential growth within this competitive marketplace. Continued innovation is crucial to maintaining our leading position as the provider of online solutions for producers and users of research, and this group will help to shape our business and services to meet their future needs.' - ENDS - For full Advisory Board member biographies, photographs and further information please refer to 'Contacts' above: Related websites: John Cox Associates: http://www.licensingmodels.com Wendy Hall: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/wh/ British Computer Society: http://www.bcs.org.uk BIDS: http://www.bids.ac.uk Brouwer Groep Holdings: http://www.brouwer.nl WIPO: http://www.wipo.org IPA: http://www.ipa-uie.org EPS: http://www.epsltd.com About Ingenta (www.ingenta.com): * Ingenta provides online solutions to producers and users of academic and professional research information. * One of the UK's top five Web services, Ingenta serves the online research information needs of more than three million visitors per month * For publishers of professional and academic periodicals and journals, the company provides a suite of services including data conversion; secure online hosting, subscription authentication, marketing and e-commerce services. * Ingenta also provides specialist Information Architecture services and develops websites in conjunction with publishers, societies and other research organisations. * For libraries, Ingenta offers customised research retrieval and collection management tools in addition to the free online research services available at www.ingenta.com and www.catchword.com. * The Ingenta Institute organises independent research into the scholarly information industry. For more information, please email institute@ingenta.com. * In March 2000, Ingenta was listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.