Re Contract

Intercede Group PLC
21 October 2002


                                INTERCEDE GROUP plc

                         ('Intercede' or 'the Company')

                                Contract Win


Major telecommunications company to deploy Intercede's edeficeTM digital
identity management system to support managed service customers.

Intercede Group plc, a leading developer of digital identity management
software, is pleased to announce that a major European telecommunications
company will be deploying a service provider version of Intercede's edefice
electronic identity management software (edefice SP) in support of their
corporate customers.

The corporate customers will use edefice SP to register and manage individuals
who are authorised to use on-line services, and to subsequently issue, update
and revoke associated digital certificates, security tokens, smart cards and
other digital credentials. Edefice SP uses a highly scaleable architecture
capable of supporting large numbers of users in single or multi-enterprise
situations.

This contract, which includes a commitment to the value of £460,000, will be
completed within twelve months.

Intercede Chief Executive, Richard Parris said:

'We are delighted that such a major industry player has chosen to purchase
edefice SP. This further validates edefice as a platform for all aspects of
identity management including high volume service provider environments. Edefice
SP is a logical extension of our edefice family of products and demonstrates the
flexibility of our approach and our patent-pending technology.'

21 October 2002



ENQUIRIES:


Intercede Group plc                                      Tel.      [phone]
Richard Parris, Chairman & Chief Executive
Andrew Walker, Finance Director

College Hill                                             Tel.      [phone]
Archie Berens
Clare Warren


About Intercede

Intercede Group plc (IGP LN) (IGP.L) is a leading developer and supplier of
digital identity management software. Intercede's edeficeTM provides service
providers and end-user organizations with the tools required to quickly deploy,
maintain and manage smart cards, hardware and software tokens, biometrics, PKI
technology and other digital credentials. Intercede's customers cover a range of
industries and include ActivCard, AIB, Bank of Ireland, Barclays Bank, Datakey,
Dexia Bank, Fujitsu Services, Lloyds TSB and the NHS. For more information,
visit Intercede's home page at http://www.intercedegroup.com/ or call +44 (0)
1455 558 111.



About edeficeTM


Intercede's edeficeTM is powerful digital identity management software that
unites smart cards, tokens, biometrics, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and a
host of other technologies to provide cost effective identity based solutions
ranging from Corporate ID badges to complete Campus, Citizen and Health card
programs.


Edefice enabled identity solutions allow end-users to enjoy faster and more
secure access to PCs, networks, buildings and services, while providing
administrators with an easy to use web-based digital identity enrolment,
issuance and life cycle management tool.

For more information, visit the edeficeTM home page at http://www.edefice.com/
or call [phone].




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