Agreement signed

Manpower Software PLC 09 May 2005 MANPOWER SOFTWARE PLC (the "Company") ALLIANCE AGREEMENT WITH SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC ("SCC") Manpower Software plc is pleased to announce that it has signed an Alliance Agreement with SCC, the pan-European technology integrator and services provider, for the resale of Manpower Software's MAPS Workforce Planning and Duty Rostering software in the UK. The Agreement will initially focus on sales of MAPS Taskforce Duty Rostering software to the UK National Health Service ("NHS "). SCC is the technology enabler brand of Europe's largest independent technology group, which employs over 6,000 employees, across a pan-European network of 65 offices located in key cities, generating a turnover approaching three billion euros. In the UK, SCC has a market leading public sector division that spans six verticals including healthcare, education and local government. SCC's products and services are directly aligned to the modernising Government agenda. For example, ahead of the implementation of the National Programme for IT, and an outstanding testimonial for the programme, SCC provided a leading technology solution for the Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust that releases clinician time and is delivering tangible improvements in patient care. SCC is a G-CAT (Government IT Catalogue) approved supplier for computer software sales to the NHS. Manpower Software has been approved as an accredited sub-contractor to SCC by the Office of Government Commerce, which is responsible for G-CAT through its Executive Agency OGCbuying.solutions. Manpower Software anticipates two important benefits from the Agreement: • first, an increase in orders for MAPS Taskforce as SCC introduces MAPS to its extensive NHS user base; and • second, faster order intake and a shortening of the average sales cycle, since customers will be able to purchase MAPS Taskforce from SCC on a non-competitive basis. MAPS Taskforce Duty Rostering cost-effectively solves two critical problems for the UK NHS: high expenditure on bank and agency nurse staffing and the considerable front-line staff effort needed to create rosters. These problems are now receiving significant attention internally within NHS Trusts and government. In addition, correct rostering not only reduces clinical risk and allows better patient care, but also improves staff morale and increases retention levels of existing staff. The Company has a unique and strong product offering in this area. Paul Scandrett, Director Strategic Markets for Manpower Software, commented: "MAPS Taskforce can help reduce the use of agency staff significantly, as already proven in pilot studies that we have carried out recently with NHS Hospital Trusts. Because costs of agency staff to an NHS Acute Trust may run into many millions of pounds a year, improving rostering and cutting the use of agency staff is a high priority for many Trust Boards. For this reason we believe that SCC's NHS customers will respond enthusiastically to the benefits of MAPS Taskforce." Sharon Hurd, Head of Healthcare at SCC, said: "SCC is totally supportive of the NHS National Programme for IT's objectives and is already delivering proven services and solutions. Through the selection of Manpower Software as a partner, we continue to expand and deepen our offer to the healthcare sector. "The NHS has the largest nomadic workforce in the country and extensively uses temporary employment and recruitment agencies. Improving patient care through best maximising the resources available to it, whilst seeking to create administrative efficiencies, is a key priority. Manpower Software's MAPS Taskforce solution will aid the effective utilisation of clinical staff to ensure front line care is available where and when it is most needed." Enquiries: Manpower Software plc Simon Thorne, Finance Director 020 7389 9500 Shore Capital Alex Borrelli 020 7408 4090 Dated 9 May 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange