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Not for release, distribution or publication into or in the United States,Australia, Canada, Japan or the Republic of South Africa7 November 2005LogicaCMG plcRights Issue -successful placement of rumpFollowing the announcement earlier today regarding valid acceptances under theRights Issue, LogicaCMG announces that the Merrill Lynch International andHoare Govett have procured subscribers for the 31,025,024 Rights Issue Sharesfor which valid acceptances were not received, at a price of 145 pence pershare.The net proceeds, after the deduction of the issue price of 107 pence per shareand the expenses of procuring subscribers (including any related value addedtax), will be paid pro rata to those persons whose rights have lapsed inaccordance with the terms of the Rights Issue.Accordingly, sub-underwriters will not be required to subscribe for any RightsIssue Shares.Certain terms used in this announcement are defined and have the same meaningin the Prospectus or Supplementary Prospectus as appropriate.For further information please contact:LogicaCMG media relations - Carolyn Esser 020 7446 1786LogicaCMG investor relations - Tony Richards/Frances Gibbons 020 7446 4341Citigate Dewe Rogerson - Toby Mountford/Seb Hoyle 020 7638 9571Merrill Lynch - Bob Wigley/Michael Findlay 020 7628 1000Hoare Govett - Bob Pringle/Hugo Fisher 020 7678 8000BNP Paribas Paris - Daniel Weisslinger +33 1 43 16 94 82BNP Paribas London - Oliver Ellingham, Nicholas Groen 020 7595 2000Merrill Lynch International, which is regulated in the United Kingdom by theFinancial Services Authority, is acting as joint financial adviser, jointsponsor, joint corporate broker and underwriter to LogicaCMG and is acting forno-one else in connection with the Acquisition or the Rights Issue and will notbe responsible to anyone other than LogicaCMG for providing the protectionsafforded to customers of Merrill Lynch International nor for providing advicein connection with the Acquisition or the Rights Issue or the contents of thisannouncement or any other matter referred to herein.Hoare Govett, which is regulated in the United Kingdom by the FinancialServices Authority, is acting as joint sponsor, joint corporate broker andunderwriter to LogicaCMG and is acting for no-one else in connection with theAcquisition or the Rights Issue and will not be responsible to anyone otherthan LogicaCMG for providing the protections afforded to customers of HoareGovett nor for providing advice in connection with the Acquisition or theRights Issue or the contents of this announcement or any other matter referredto herein.BNP PARIBAS, which is regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial ServicesAuthority, is acting as joint financial adviser and underwriter to LogicaCMGand is acting for no-one else in connection with the Acquisition or the RightsIssue and will not be responsible to anyone other than LogicaCMG for providingthe protections afforded to customers of BNP PARIBAS nor for providing advicein connection with the Acquisition or the Rights Issue or the contents of thisannouncement or any other matter referred to therein.The release, publication or distribution of this announcement in certainjurisdictions may be restricted by law and therefore persons in suchjurisdictions into which this announcement is released, published ordistributed should inform themselves about and observe such restrictions.No offer, invitation or inducement to acquire shares or other securities inLogicaCMG is being made by or in connection with this announcement. Any offer,invitation or inducement to acquire shares in LogicaCMG will be made solely bymeans of the prospectus, published on 19 September 2005, as updated by thesupplementary prospectus published on 13 October 2005, and any decision tokeep, buy or sell shares in LogicaCMG should be made solely on the basis of theinformation contained in such document(s).This announcement is not for distribution or transmission, directly orindirectly, in or into the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan or theRepublic of South Africa and does not constitute, or form part of, an offer tosell or the solicitation of an offer to subscribe for or buy and any securities('Securities'), nor the solicitation of any vote or approval in anyjurisdiction, nor shall there be any sale, issue or transfer of the Securitiesreferred to in this announcement in any jurisdiction in contravention ofapplicable law.The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the US SecuritiesAct of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act') and may not be offered or soldin the United States unless registered under the Securities Act or an exemptionfrom such registration is available. No public offering of Securities of theCompany is being made in the United States.ENDLOGICACMG PLCRelated Shares:
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