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5 Jul 2005 07:00

Manpower Software PLC04 July 2005 MANPOWER SOFTWARE PLC (the "Company") Senior appointments Manpower Software plc announces today two senior appointments to the Company, asit continues to build the operational team beneath the main Board. Mr David Wheeler has been appointed Group Product Director. Mr Clive Cumminshas been appointed Client Services Director. David Wheeler Mr Wheeler (age 42 years) has over 20 years' experience in the internationalcommercial and government sectors of the software industry, including roles inproduct development, product marketing, technology, process improvement, qualityassurance and operations. Prior to joining Manpower Software plc, Mr Wheeler was Vice President,Development and Operations at Proquest Alison (a Proquest/Bell & Howell Inc.company), where he was responsible for the standardisation of over 100 majorpan-European, US and European national software system implementations onto asingle product baseline. He was also directly responsible for Bell & Howell'sproduct transformation from legacy to web-based B2B architecture, including oneof the largest ever roll-outs to the European Automotive sector. Mr Wheeler holds a degree in Software Engineering and is an MBA. He is also agraduate of the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell. He served in the Royal AirForce for 12 years. Mr Wheeler's initial responsibilities as Group Product Director will be to focuson ensuring that Manpower Software delivers its MAPS solutions into its chosenmarkets quickly and effectively, through standard repeatable productdevelopment. Clive Cummins Mr Cummins (age 54 years) has over 30 years of international business experienceat senior level, including appointments as Director, Vice President, OperationalManager and Delivery Manager in the European IT and Consulting industries. Previously, Mr Cummins spent four years working for Cap Gemini, where he wasresponsible for delivery of major public sector IT projects (£50m+), includingthe Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Department of Health, the HighwaysAgency and the Ministry of Defence. Prior to joining Cap Gemini, Mr Cummins hada successful track record in the growth and development of the Client Servicesand Operations divisions of two US based software companies, SSA and EXETechnologies. There he delivered service revenues of £12m - £15m per annum, atcontribution rates of 40-60%, with professional services personnel of between50-90. Mr Cummins' primary responsibility as Client Services Director is to ensure thesuccessful and profitable delivery of MAPS software solutions for clients inthe Maritime, Defence and NHS market sectors using standard product, businessprocesses and implementation methodologies.Enquiries: Manpower Software plc Simon Thorne, Finance Director 020 7389 9500 Shore Capital Alex Borrelli 020 7408 4090 5 July 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange