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Winners Internet Network, Inc. Announces That It has Also Been Successfully Listed On Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Mar 13, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE).
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(COMTEX) B: Winners Internet Network, Inc. Announces That It has Also
B: Winners Internet Network, Inc. Announces That It has Also Been Successfully
Listed On Frankfurt Stock Exchange
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Mar 13, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- David C. Skinner,
Jr., President and CEO of Winners Internet Network, Inc. (OTCBB:WINR),
www.winr.net, today announced that WINR has now met the admission
requirements and been accepted for listing on the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange.

"Following rapidly on the heels of our admission to the Hamburg
Exchange, this Frankfurt listing now provides even greater investor
coverage for WINR in Europe because it enables German and other
European investors to trade our stock on a variety of local platforms.
This significantly reducing their trading costs and making the stock
even more attractive as an investment than it might otherwise be," said
Mr. Skinner. "We take pride in having passed the exchange's admission
requirements, and appreciate the implied confidence in WINR and its
future success shown by those in the brokerage community such as
Berliner Freiverkehrs AG who have agreed to serve as market makers in
WINR stock on the Frankfurt exchange."

WINR stock began trading March 10, 2000 on the Frankfurt exchange.
"These multiple European listings are especially significant in light
of WINR's major focus in the European market, and the greater
familiarity European investors may have with the company's business
operations and development opportunities. We anticipate that the
additional trading volume on the Frankfurt exchange will serve to
further increase liquidity and support the stock.

As was the case with Hamburg, our exposure on the Frankfurt exchange
provides additional opportunities for industry contacts and
partnerships in the banking and e-commerce arenas, further leveraging
our corporate development. We continue to look forward to more than
meeting the high expectations of both our European and US shareholders
as we move aggressively to implement our strategic Internet &
E-Commerce infrastructure plans."

About the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Frankfurt is Germany's leading stock
exchange, with a total annual volume in excess of DM 7,000 (almost 4
Trillion USD). In today's markets, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange has
consolidated its position as the world's third largest securities
trading center organized as a stock market.

The Frankfurt Stock Exchange has continuously worked to remain in the
forefront of world financial markets and to implement the latest
systems and technology to serve its marketplace. The first central
transaction via computer in Germany was booked in Frankfurt in 1969.
The Exchange also developed the DAX share index, launched in 1988,
which is today one of the world's most important share indices.

In 1993, the newly established Deutsche Borse AG assumed sponsorship of
the public-sector Frankfurt Stock Exchange. In order to create an
appropriate trading environment for young, rapidly growing industries
such as telecommunications, biotechnology, and multimedia, in March of
1997 the Exchange launched the "Neuer Markt" - a new trading segment
targeted specifically at this market.

In consideration of the increasing importance of international trading,
in November 1997 the Exchange launched the new Xetra(R) Electronic
Trading System for German and cross-border securities trading. The
Xetra system allows market participants to deal in over 2,000
securities from anywhere in the world. In November 1998, Gruppe
Deutsche Borse laid the cornerstone for a new stock exchange building.
As of summer 2000, the 1,200 plus employees - currently working at 13
different locations around Frankfurt - will all move to the new central
headquarters site. Floor trading will continue to take place at
Borsenplatz in the downtown area of Frankfurt.

The History of the Frankfurt Exchange The roots of the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange go back to the period of medieval fairs. As early as the
middle of the ninth century, Emperor Ludwig the German granted the city
of Frankfurt the preferential right to hold an annual autumn fair. In
1330, the Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian expanded this privilege to
include a spring fair as well. As a result of the trading and business
that occurred during these fairs, the city became an important center
for commercial and monetary transactions. The placement of specific
customer orders at the fairs for future production and delivery
gradually developed into a system that led to an open and nationwide
market.

By the beginning of the sixteenth century, Frankfurt's well-known fairs
had become so prosperous that Luther termed the city "the silver and
gold lode" of the German Empire. During the same century, the
immigration to Frankfurt of Dutch and French merchants who had been
persecuted because of their Protestant belief brought additional
banking and commercial expertise to the city, resulting in the growing
perception of Frankfurt as an international trading marketplace.

As there was no standardized currency in Europe or even in the German
Empire during this period, payment was based on a large variety of
coins of the numerous small economic regions, each with their own
monetary systems. This resulted in great confusion regarding relative
value of the various currencies, made trading more difficult and
provided ample opportunity for usury and swindles. To address these
problems, merchants at the fair met in 1585 in order to establish
uniform exchange rates. This event is generally regarded as the moment
of birth of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

From that day forward, a group of merchants met periodically at the
fairs on the open field in front of the Frankfurt town hall to update
the uniform and binding exchange rates for transactions in notes and
coins. In German, the name Burs or Borse (the equivalent of the French
bourse) was documented in writing as a designation for this meeting as
early as in 1605. In 1694, the traders moved to the Grosser Braunfels
building at the Liebfrauenberg, selecting one of the city's most
important and spacious building as their fixed meeting place. In 1682,
the first Exchange Rules and Regulations were enacted, which led to the
establishment of an official stock exchange administration. Initially,
only trading in bills of exchange was undertaken on the Exchange. Over
the next three centuries, this exchange gradually grew into today's
modern Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

About Winners Internet Network Winners Internet Network (www.winr.net)
intends to rapidly position itself as one of the premier financial
transaction processors and integrators in Europe and a provider of
ultra secure communications and financial systems and services. Through
a series of recent acquisitions and partnerships, WINR is laying the
groundwork for an integrated financial processing and e-commerce
network that will offer compelling benefits and proprietary advantages
over its competitors. Winners services both vendors and customers in
the expanding Internet-based e-commerce space with state-of-the-art
secure communications and financial transaction software and
technology.

Winners Internet Network recently formed a strategic partnership with
and acquired a 19% equity interest in SupraNet AG. Both companies
jointly market the Supra Secure Mail system (SSM), an integrated secure
communication system utilizing a 448 bit key security protocol,
believed to be the most advanced and secure encryption technology
commercially available today.

Winners Internet Network, Inc. is a public company trading on the OTC
Bulletin Board under the symbol 'WINR.' The Company is also listed on
the Hamburg and Frankfurt Stock Exchanges in Germany to provide easy
access to the company and its stock to the European investment
community.

About SupraNet AG SupraNet AG (www.supra.net), a private company based
in Liechtenstein, is an affiliate of Winners Internet Network and is
believed to be one of the fastest growing and most profitable ISPs in
Europe, with an annualized growth rate of over 80% a year for the past
five years and similar projections going forward.

SupraNet AG serves individuals and businesses throughout Europe,
providing Dial-Up Internet Access, Leased Lines, DSL Connections,
Hosting and Venue, E-Mail, and Encryption Technology and Software,
including the Supra Secure Mail system (SSM), an integrated secure
communication system utilizing a 448 bit key security protocol,
believed to be the most advanced and secure encryption technology
commercially available today.

Disclaimer Information contained in this news release - other than
historical information - should be considered as forward-looking,
pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and as such is subject to various risk
factors and uncertainties. For instance, Winners Internet Network,
Inc.'s strategies and operations involve risks of competition, changing
market conditions, changes in laws and regulations affecting these
industries, and numerous other factors. Accordingly, actual results may
differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements.

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CONTACT: Winners Internet Network, Inc., St. Augustine
David Skinner Jr., 800/358-4242
Email: [e-mail]
or
SupraNet AG
Ronald Oehri, 011-423-3774443
Email: [e-mail]
or
Investor's contact for Europe:
World of Internet.com, AG
Torsten Prochnow and Dennis C. Hass
011-49-172-4031383 or 011-49-172-4062621
Website: www.worldofinternet.com

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