Re Contract

RM PLC
01 July 2005



                                                                   1st July 2005

   RM appointed preferred bidder for £37.5 million schools intranet contract

RM plc, the UK's leading supplier of information and communications technology
(ICT) and other services to education, has been appointed preferred bidder for a
major educational ICT contract by the Scottish Executive. The SSDN-NI (Scottish
Schools Digital Network National Intranet) is a major project intended to
improve learning and teaching in Scotland.

Under the five year, £37.5 million managed service contract, every council,
school, learner and teacher will have access, through a secure national
intranet, to innovative learning technology tools including:

   • personalised portals and online workspaces;
   • a managed virtual teaching and learning environment;
   • personalised access to educational content and other streaming media;
   • collaboration tools such as video conferencing, online conferencing,
    email and web authoring.
    Commenting on the contract, Tim Pearson, CEO of RM, said:

'The SSDN-NI vision is bold and clearly demonstrates the Scottish Executive's
commitment to excellence in education. Approximately 750,000 pupils, along with
their teachers, parents and carers, will benefit from access to world-leading
education enterprise software.

'I'm delighted that the Scottish Executive has chosen RM as its preferred bidder
to deliver this ground-breaking project. We already have a unique track record
of delivering large-scale educational transformation projects with high levels
of customer satisfaction. We're committed to making SSDN-NI part of the fabric
of learning and teaching in Scotland.'
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For further information, please contact:
Mike Greig/Phil Hemmings, RM plc          08709 200200
Mark Antelme/Andrew Fenwick, Brunswick    020 7404 5959

Notes to Editors:

1. The Group will now continue detailed negotiations with the Scottish
Executive and final contract award is expected before the end of the financial
year.

2. There are 32 councils, almost 3,000 schools and approximately 750,000
pupils in Scotland.




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