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AttentiV Systems Group PLC 23 July 2004 23 JULY 2004 ATTENTIV SYSTEMS GROUP PLC ('AttentiV') New Licence Signed with Portman Building Society AttentiV Systems Group, a leading developer and supplier of software to the financial services sector, is pleased to announce that it has contracted with the Portman Building Society for the implementation of AttentiV's retail banking solution, Summit, which includes the Activate mortgage application processing module. Portman Building Society is paying AttentiV a licence fee to use AttentiV's Summit product to support mortgage applications and accounts servicing across its network of branches. In common with other contracts of this nature, AttentiV also expects to earn additional revenues through the provision of support, maintenance and other consultancy services over a period covering several years. The decision follows the merger of Portman with the Staffordshire Building Society, which completed on 31 December 2003, and will extend the use of the original Staffordshire system to cover the Portman Building Society's mortgage operation. The implementation project has already commenced and will ensure that the Society meets the deadline for Mortgage Conduct of Business compliance on 31 October 2004. Robert Sharpe, Chief Executive of the Portman Building Society, explained: 'We had a requirement for a regulation ready mortgage application processing system and the merger with Staffordshire Building Society provided an opportunity to review our systems across the Group. The Staffordshire has been a user of AttentiV's Summit system for some time and it made perfect technical and commercial sense to us to standardise on the same proven system with AttentiV.' The Activate module will be used by the Portman Building Society to automate the processes involved in dealing with a mortgage application through its various stages to completion. Following completion, the mortgage will be controlled by the main AttentiV Summit system for its full operational life. Activate will enable the Society to provide a consistent product offering and consistency of information given across all branches, an essential requirement when complying with new Mortgage regulations. A single system with a standard approach will ensure that customers are dealt with efficiently and in accordance with regulatory requirements. ENQUIRIES: AttentiV Systems Group plc Tel. 01582 863388 David Webber, Chief Executive ICIS Limited Tel. 020 7628 1114 or Archie Berens 07802 442486 Caroline Evans-Jones Editor's notes: About AttentiV Systems Group plc 1. AttentiV Systems Group plc listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange in March 2004. It owns all the businesses that used to trade under the name Lynx Financial Systems Limited. 2. AttentiV has over 25 years experience as a provider of technology-based business solutions to the financial sector, supplying package and custom-built software and services to banks, building societies, mortgage lenders, leasing companies, finance houses and collection agencies across the UK and Europe. The company has UK offices in Houghton Regis, Sheffield, Leeds, and Congleton. 3. AttentiV's Summit and Portfolio software suites offer package solutions for mortgage, loan, and savings operations, along with systems for instalment credit and asset finance, debt management, dealer support, and retail banking. 4. AttentiV supplies systems and services to leading companies, including: Abbey National, Barclays Bank, Britannia Building Society, Co-operative Bank, Intelligent Finance, Bristol and West, Nationwide Building Society and Toyota Financial Services. About Portman Building Society Portman Building Society has been established for over 150 years and is the fourth largest UK building society with assets exceeding £14 billion as at January 2004. Portman employs over 2,000 staff serving over 1.5 million members through a network of some 150 branches, predominantly in the South of England. Its head office is in Bournemouth. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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