Pre-Close Trading Update

Computacenter PLC
11 January 2005


                            Pre-Close Trading Update


Ahead of entering its close period, Computacenter plc, the European IT
infrastructure services provider, is today briefing analysts on trading for the
year ended 31 December 2004.

Group profit before tax for 2004 is anticipated to be in line with market
expectations with cash generation ahead of forecast.

In the UK, trading in the second half was much as expected. Managed Services
revenues continued to grow well, although product margins remained under
pressure from continuing product price decline.

As anticipated, the performance of the German operations improved in the second
half of 2004, with profits for the full year expected to be similar to 2003. Our
French business traded poorly throughout 2004 and was subject to some extensive
re-engineering, particularly in the second half.

Computacenter plc will announce its preliminary results for the year ending 31
December 2004, on Tuesday, 15 March 2005.


Enquiries:

Computacenter plc:
Mike Norris, Chief Executive                  01707 631601
Tessa Freeman, Investor Relations             01707 631514
www.computacenter.com
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Tulchan Communications:
Tim Lynch                                     020 7353 4200
www.tulchangroup.com
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