Re Contract

Capita Group PLC
23 March 2004


                       London Stock Exchange Notification

23 March 2004

                           CAPITA TO PROVIDE DWP WITH
                           RECORDS MANAGEMENT SERVICE

The Capita Group Plc ('Capita') announced today that it has been selected by the
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) as preferred partner to manage its
records storage service. The contract between Capita and DWP will be valued at
approximately £70 million over seven years. Capita will undertake
organisational, process and technological enhancements to improve access,
retrieval and tracking of approximately 60 million social security and
disability benefit claim forms and associated files.

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For further information please contact:

The Capita Group Plc
Shona Nichols, Group Marketing Director     0207 799 1525


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