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Host Europe PLC
09 June 2003



HOST EUROPE PLC ("Host Europe" or "the Company")



Appointment of Chief Financial Officer



Host Europe is pleased to announce the appointment of Stephen Paul Sadler to the
Board as Chief Financial Officer. He will be joining the Board with immediate
effect.



Stephen, aged 36, holds a degree in economics from the London School of
Economics. Following university he qualified as a Chartered Accountant with
Arthur Andersen. Stephen has held various senior financial positions at Logica
Plc, Xenova Plc and most recently was Director of Finance at GX Networks Plc.



Abby Hardoon, Chief Executive Officer of Host Europe, commented:



"We are delighted to welcome Stephen to the Board and look forward to benefiting
from his broad experience within the Internet and technology sectors."



There are no further disclosure requirements pursuant to Schedule 2 paragraph
(f) of the AIM rules.





Further enquiries:



Host Europe PLC
Abby Hardoon
Chief Executive Officer                                     0115 917 000



Public Relations
Alex Walters
Walters Associates                                           020 7938 2441



Notes to Editors:

About Host Europe:



*                     'Dedicated Servers' (www.dedicated-servers.co.uk) -
enterprise hosting and dedicated servers on multiple platforms, managed services
and server co-location;

*                     'Magic Moments' (www.magic-moments.com) - Internet hosting
services to the UK's SME market;

*                     'WebFusion' (www.webfusion.co.uk) - Internet hosting
services to the UK's SME market;

*                     '123-reg' (www.123-reg.co.uk) - low cost domain name and
e-mail services; and

*                     'Host Europe' - (www.hosteurope.de) - Internet hosting
services to the SME sector in Germany.



Host Europe is one of Europe's leading dedicated Internet hosting companies. It
provides a comprehensive range of services including enterprise hosting,
dedicated servers, shared server hosting, managed hosting services, server
co-location, global domain name registration and a bespoke range of e-services,
to SME businesses.



Its hosting solutions are all serviced from Host Europe's own facilities, with
multiple connections to the Internet and 24/7 technical support ensuring
industry leading levels of reliability and quality of service.



Host Europe is the clear leader in the European dedicated server and co-location
market with over 4,200 dedicated and co-located servers hosted in its data
centres. The Company also manages over 435,000 domain names and hosts over
75,000 virtual server accounts for over 91,000 customers.




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