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04. Computacenter plc Annual report and accounts 2007 Company overview

International operations

Computacenter operates in the UK, Germany, France, and Benelux, as well as providing trans- national services. Its activities are supported by service facilities in the UK, Germany, Spain, South Africa and Malaysia.

Our locations: UK Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Essex, Hatfield, Leeds, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Reading, Warrington, Watford. GERMANY aachen, berlin, bielefeld, cologne, COTTBUS, erfurt, essen, frankfurt, hamburg, hanover, heilbronn, kassel, kerpen, kiel, leipzig, ludwigshafen, munich, nuremberg, ratingen, ROSTOCK, saarbrücken, stuttgart, wolfsburg. FRANCE Antony, Bordeaux, Dijon, Grenoble, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Nice, Orléans, Paris, Pau, Rennes, Rouen, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Roissy, BENELUX Luxembourg, schiphol-rijk, zaventem.

United kingdom Revenues +5.9% Operating profit* –11.6% Germany See page 9 Revenues +8.2% Operating profit* France Benelux + Revenues Revenues 303.9% –7.0% +4.1% See page 11 Operating loss* reduced Operating loss* reduced – – 73.0% 77.0% Computacenter operations and partnerships See page 12 See page 13 Computacenter service facilities * Adjusted operating profit is stated after charging finance costs on customer-specific financing and prior to exceptional items and amortisation of acquired intangibles. 05. Computacenter plc Annual report and accounts 2007 www.computacenter.com

highlights BY COUNTRY

United kingdom FRANCE BENELUX GERMANY

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• Revenues increased by 5.9% to • Revenues declined by 7.0% to • Revenues increased by 4.1% to • Revenues increased by 8.2% to £1.36 billion (2006: £1.28 billion) £285.7 million (2006: £307.3 million) £27.6 million (2006: £26.5 million) £708.6 million (2006: £654.7 million) • Adjusted* operating profit declined due to challenging product • Operating loss reduced 77.0% • Record profit performance, to £33.1 million (2006: £37.4 million) market to £44,000 (2006: £191,000) with adjusted* operating profit due in part to 2006 contract losses • Significant operating loss • Improved performance from growth of 303.9% to £10.4 million • 8.5% contract base growth, reduction of 73.0% to £1.8 million product supply and managed (2006: £2.6 million) including embedded product supply (2006: £6.5 million prior to services • 22.8% managed services contract exceptional charges of base growth, including embedded • New business pipeline more than £5.0 million) compensates for 2006 losses product supply • 19% increase in revenue from • Strong growth of 23.7% maintenance business in security product sales • 24.1% increase in services reflects customers’ increased gross profit security concerns

Revenue profiles differ across geographies, with services comprising a larger proportion of sales in the UK and Germany than in France and Benelux, where personal systems sales are dominant.

geographical revenue by BUSINESS Type

United kingdom FRANCE BENELUX GERMANY

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1 31% Personal systems 1 54% Personal systems 1 56% Personal systems 1 20% Personal systems 2 28% NETWork, server, storage 2 14% NETWork, server, storage 2 8% NETWork, server, storage 2 31% NETWork, server, storage 3 13% Software 3 15% Software 3 7% Software 3 9% Software 4 23% services 4 14% services 4 27% services 4 35% services 5 5% 3rd party services 5 3% 3rd party services 5 2% 3rd party services 5 5% 3rd party services