Trading Update

Capita Group PLC 4 June 2001 4 June 2001 CAPITA TO HOLD BUSINESS BRIEFING MEETINGS 4TH & 5TH JUNE 2001 The Capita Group Plc ('Capita'), one of the UK's leading professional support services organisations, is holding a Business Briefing in London on 4th June for Institutional Investors and on 5th June for Analysts. Around 100 people will be attending the events. Capita will give a review of current trading across major contract wins, incremental business growth and acquisitions which will show strong performance across all fronts. In the case of contract wins, the Group has now won over £720m of new contracts in the first 5 months of the year (£700m full year 2000). Overall, it will be reported that as at the date of the Briefing, the Group forecasts revenue growth for 2001 of 49%, with underlying organic growth of 27%. Cash generation also continues to be strong. The Briefings will cover four areas including: i) recent contract wins, the status of implementation of major contracts and the structure in place to deal with growth going forward. Information will also be given on the plans to integrate the UK business of McLarens Toplis, the UK's second largest loss adjusting company, with Capita's existing insurance business following an announcement of the acquisition of the company by Capita on 29th May; ii) an update on the Education market and the Group's capabilities within it, including further information on Capita's contract, recently announced, worth £107m over 7 years to introduce the Connexions Card to 2.4m 16-19 year olds in England. There will also be a presentation on the business development opportunities at a national, local and schools level together with an update on the development of Capita's Education Portal; iii) an outline of the approach and development of the Group's private sector business based on the cross-selling and integrated offerings of its wide range of business services to existing and new customers. In particular, examples will be presented of Consumer Direct and its use and application in the market; iv) a session on service enhancement involving on 4th June the Chief Executive of Blackburn with Darwen, talking about Capita's 15 year contract with the Authority. On 5th June, Sir Michael Bichard, formerly the Permanent Secretary of the DfEE, will speak on the need for modernisation of central government services. Further briefings will be made on the day with regard to recently announced deals including: i) confirmation of the appointment of the Group as preferred strategic partner to the London Borough of Croydon to lead the development of an integrated gateway for the public to access services to the Authority. The seven year contract worth approximately £100m will involve the transfer of a number of existing services and involve the creation of an advanced customer contact centre; ii) confirmation of the signing this week of the contract with Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council for a deal worth £205m over 15 years. At Capita's AGM, it was announced that this contract was expected to be worth £190m. -ENDS- For further information: The Capita Group Plc 020 7799 1525 Rod Aldridge, Executive Chairman Paul Pindar, Chief Executive Shona Nichols, Group Marketing Director Press Office 020 7544 3141 Issued by Hogarth Partnership 020 7357 9477 John Olsen/James Longfield Notes to Editors The Capita Group Plc is one of the largest and fastest growing professional support services organisations in the UK. Capita provides an integrated range of professional support services on long-term contracts across the private sector, local and central government and education in the UK. With over 11,000 people working across a network of over 120 sites, generating a turnover in excess of £450 million, Capita's achievements promoted it to the FTSE 100 in 2000. Capita's capability spans leading edge customer and administration services, HR services, IT and strategic support, software and property consultancy. For further information please visit our web site: www.capita.co.uk

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