Award of Contract

Manpower Software PLC
02 December 2003


MANPOWER SOFTWARE PLC ("the Company")

AWARD OF CONTRACT

Manpower Software plc is pleased to announce a new contract for the sale of its
MAPS FORGE Force Generation software to the UK Defence Medical Services ("DMS").
The value of the contract is approximately £1.2 million over 4 1/2 years.

DMS, the tri-service organisaton responsible for providing medical capability to
the UK Armed Forces, will use MAPS to plan and manage deployment and training of
their medical staff throughout the Reserve Forces and the Regular Forces within
the Defence Medical Education and Training Agency and the Defence Dental Agency.
The DMS medical staff consists of approximately 7,000 doctors, dentists, nurses,
technicians and allied health professionals.

This order follows the agreements announced in May and September 2003 for the
sale of MAPS to HQ Land Command, British Army for use as the force generation
tool of the Territorial Army and the Regular Army. DMS will represent the first
tri-service installation of MAPS.


Enquiries:

Manpower Software plc
Simon Thorne, Finance Director        020 7389 9500

Strand Partners Limited
Rory Murphy, Director                 020 7409 3494

Shore Capital
Alex Borrelli, Director               020 7408 4090


Dated 2 December 2003






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