Contract Award

Reliance Security Group PLC
01 June 2004



                    Reliance Security Group plc ('Reliance')
       Contract Award - Custodial and Court Services in England and Wales

The Directors of Reliance are pleased to announce that Reliance Secure Task
Management Limited ('RSTM'), a wholly owned operating company, has been awarded
a new seven year contract to provide custodial and court services to HM Prison
Service in South Wales and the West of England. The new contract area is one of
four enlarged areas (currently eight) and is approximately two and a half times
larger than the area which RSTM has serviced for the last seven years, extending
to Birmingham and the West Midlands, the Thames Valley and Hampshire.

The new contract is scheduled to commence at the end of August 2004 and is
expected to generate turnover of approximately £250 million over its seven year
term.

Tom Riall, Managing Director of Reliance Secure Task Management Limited,
commenting on the award, said:

'We are delighted to have been awarded this important contract which recognises
our success over the last seven years in the provision of custodial and court
services in England and Wales. We continue to build on the range and depth of
the specialist services that we can offer to the criminal justice system in
support and business process activities. By enabling our customers to achieve
greater streamlining and efficiencies in their non-core support operations, they
enjoy better value for money as well as better use of their material resources
and highly trained people'.

Note:
Reliance was appointed preferred bidder for this contract in February 2004.

Reliance is an established market leader in the provision of facilities
management, contract security, support services and business process activities.
Reliance employs over 12,000 people from a network of offices throughout the UK.

Enquiries:
Brian Kingham                                         020 7730 9716
Chairman

Jeremy Simon                                          01895 205002
Group Legal Adviser and Company Secretary



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