Offer Document Posted

Capita Group PLC 03 September 2002 Not for release, publication or distribution in whole or in part in or into the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan 3 September 2002 Recommended Cash Offer for Mission Testing plc ('Mission Testing') Posting of the Offer Document by The Capita Group Plc ('Capita') The Board of Capita is pleased to announce that the Offer Document in respect of the recommended cash offer for Mission Testing, which was announced on 29 August 2002, was posted on Monday 2 September 2002. The first closing date of the Offer is 23 September 2002. Enquiries Schroder Salomon Smith Barney 020 7986 4000 William Barter The Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into, or by use of the mails of, or by any means or instrumentality (including, without limitation, telephonically or electronically) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or any facility of a national securities exchange of, the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan and will not be capable of acceptance by any such use, means, instrumentality or facility. Accordingly, neither this announcement nor the Offer Document nor the accompanying Form of Acceptance is being, and must not be, mailed or otherwise forwarded, transmitted, distributed or sent in, into or from the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. Doing so may render invalid any purported acceptance of the Offer. All Mission Testing Shareholders or other persons (including nominees, trustees or custodians) who would or otherwise intend to, or may have a contractual or legal obligation to, forward this announcement or the Offer Document or the accompanying Form of Acceptance to any jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom, should refrain from doing so and seek appropriate professional advice before taking any action. Salomon Brothers International Limited, trading as Schroder Salomon Smith Barney ('Schroder Salomon Smith Barney'), which is authorised by the Financial Services Authority, is acting for Capita and no one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to any other person for providing the protections afforded to clients of Schroder Salomon Smith Barney or for providing advice in relation to the Offer. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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