ACS' acquisition of Anix, an IT services and infrastructure solutions provider and wholly owned subsidiary of Xploite plc, is expected to close prior to June 30, 2009.

"We continue to see significant opportunity for IT outsourcing solutions in the U.K.," said Derrell James, executive vice president and group president, ACS IT Outsourcing Solutions. "This acquisition reinforces our commitment to grow our business in the U.K. and continental Europe and provide our clients with IT services and solutions on a worldwide scale."

Anix delivers full service IT infrastructure and related solutions, from initial consultancy, analysis and design to fully outsourced hosted or remote managed services, support and training to commercial and public sector clients. Anix has operations in Bristol, London and Manchester, and data centers in London and Manchester.

"Both Anix and ACS have a shared objective of providing insightful IT solutions and expertise to their clients," said Ian Smith, chief executive officer of Xploite. "By combining with ACS, Anix' clients will be backed by a FORTUNE 500 company with global delivery capabilities and an extensive, complementary suite of ITO services."

For its fiscal year ending October 31, 2008, Anix had revenues of approximately $71 million (44.7 million pounds). It is anticipated the business will be consolidated with ACS' current ITO operations in the United Kingdom, and will add more than 150 employees.

In the past year and a half, ACS has expanded its European ITO presence with the acquisitions of Syan Holdings in the U.K. and sds business services GmbH in Germany.

ACS Global IT Outsourcing Solutions enable commercial businesses and government organizations worldwide to focus on their core competencies. ACS ITO solutions include application infrastructure, business applications, technology infrastructure, and IT consulting services. ACS is ranked as the Best Performer for Infrastructure Providers by Global Services 100.

About ACS

ACS, a global FORTUNE 500 company with approximately 74,000 people supporting client operations reaching more than 100 countries, provides business process outsourcing and information technology solutions to world-class commercial and government clients. The company's Class A common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ACS." Learn more about ACS at www.acs-inc.com.

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