Acquisition

Capita Group PLC 02 December 2002 2 December, 2002 Capita widens its portfolio of Insurance Administration services through acquisition of Cost Auditing Ltd The Capita Group Plc ('Capita'), one of the UK's leading providers of professional support services, has acquired Cost Auditing Limited ('CAL'), enhancing Capita's portfolio of specialist services to the Insurance Services sector. Under the terms of the agreement, Capita has acquired Cost Auditing Holdings Ltd and its subsidiary, CAL (the main trading entity), for an initial consideration of £4.9 million to be satisfied in cash. An additional deferred maximum payment of £3 million cash dependent on future performance will be payable on 31st March 2005. Capita will also assume bank borrowings of £4.3 million. Handling in excess of 30,000 claims per year, London based Cost Auditing Ltd is one of the UK's leading providers of legal-cost auditing services for the Insurance Services sector. The core activity of the business is the auditing of bills submitted by claimants' lawyers, including analysis of staff appropriateness, hours-billed and hourly-rates, and other disbursements. The business returned a profit of £1.2 million on sales of £4.2 million in the year to 30th April 2002. Commenting on the announcement, Rod Aldridge, Executive Chairman, The Capita Group Plc said: 'The acquisition of CAL extends Capita's integrated range of support services for the Insurance Sector, underlining our interest in this market place and our focus on delivering solutions that assist insurers to reduce their processing costs whilst enhancing their customer services. CAL's extensive customer base, including relationships with AIG, Provident Financial and Royal & SunAlliance, complements and widens Capita's base of customers in the UK Insurance industry.' Under the terms of the agreement, two of the founders, Simon Edwards and Ian McLuskie, will transfer to Capita along with 53 staff. -Ends- For further information: The Capita Group Plc 020 7799 1525 Rod Aldridge, Executive Chairman Paul Pindar, Chief Executive Shona Nichols, Communications Director Press Office 020 7544 3141 Finsbury 020 7251 3801 Morgan Bone Mark Harris The Capita Group Plc, is the UK's leading provider of integrated professional support service solutions. The Group's service capabilities encompass customer services, insurance services, human resource services, software services, systems and strategic support and property services delivered to both the public and private sector. With more than 17,000 employees at over 200 UK sites, Capita is quoted on the London Stock Exchange (CPI.L / CPI LN) and is a FTSE 100 company with estimated revenues for 2002 of £895 million. For further information, visit www.capita.co.uk. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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