Director Shareholding

Manpower Software PLC
22 April 2003



22 April 2003

MANPOWER SOFTWARE PLC

("Manpower" or "the Company")


                           Directors' share purchases


The Directors of the Company have today acquired, in aggregate, 1,375,000
ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the capital of the Company ('Ordinary
Shares') each at a price of 4 pence per share. The individual purchases by
Directors and their resultant holdings are as follows:

Director                   Number of         Total holding         Percentage of
                            shares                                  issued share
                                                                       capital
                          acquired


Robert Drummond*           750,000               2,840,352                6.42
Paul Scandrett              50,000                  65,312                0.15
Simon Thorne               200,000                 685,083                1.55
Philip Morgan              100,000                 147,468                0.33
John Archibald              75,000                 102,562                0.23
Ian Lang                   200,000                 595,625                1.35



*              375,000 of the shares acquired are held in the name of Sharelink
Nominees Limited on behalf of Susan Drummond. The remainder are registered in
the name of BNY (OCS) Nominees Limited

Press enquiries:

Manpower Software PLC
020 7389 9500
Robert Drummond, Chairman

Shore Capital
020 7408 4090
Alex Borrelli


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