Settlement of Dispute

Manpower Software PLC 9 August 2001 MANPOWER SOFTWARE PLC ('the Company') SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTE Manpower Software plc and Reliance Security Services Limited have reached a mutually satisfactory settlement in connection with a dispute over a software contract entered into in November 1998. The financial consequences of this settlement have been fully provided for in the accounts for the year ended 31 May 2001, which have been released today. Dated 9 August 2001