HIGHWAY SIGNS IT SERVICES OUTSOURCING CONTRACT WORTH £1M WITH CGI

CGI Group (Europe) Limited (CGI) (TSX: GIB.A; NYSE: GIB) has signed a fully managed IT services contract worth £1 million with Highway Insurance Holdings Plc (Highway), the UK's eleventh largest motor insurer. Under the terms of the agreement, CGI will support its IT infrastructure and desktop environment for 600 users across six locations.

CGI will re-locate all Highway's hardware currently installed at its UK headquarters in Brentwood to CGI's Basingstoke Datacentre in Hampshire. CGI will provide full operation and technical support for Highway's NT-based financial servers, and terminal servers which provide access to print, email, database and application services. This is in addition to an applications management contract Highway signed earlier this year for CGI to provide full support for its recently implemented GIOS (Global Insurance Open Solution) server -- CGI's renowned insurance administration system.

CGI will also provide a combination of local and remote staff to provide Highway with desktop support, as well as helpdesk services through a central helpdesk at CGI's Basingstoke datacentre. The new contract will enable CGI to transfer the previous suppliers incumbent staff to CGI's existing IT teams offering Highway support from a larger, more flexible and diversely skilled workforce.

Peter Fraser, IT Director, Highway Insurance Holdings Plc, comments:
"In 2003 we wanted to ensure that Highway's server infrastructure is maintained and protected in a secure and resilient datacentre environment. The CGI datacentre in Basingtoke is manned by professional IT staff on a 24 x 7 basis and has full UPS and fire protection systems. We can therefore rest assured that any failures, both hardware and software, will be dealt with promptly and professionally by CGI, and in the most cost effective manner."

Peter Fraser adds:
"Highway has developed a strong relationship with CGI over the past few years, following the implementation of GIOS. This new agreement is an extension of our faith in CGI's IT outsourcing capabilities."

Gavin Chapman, managing director of CGI Group (Europe) Ltd, comments:
"Highway will see a number of benefits from outsourcing its IT services to CGI including cost savings, improved service levels and flexibility and the advantage of having a single point of contact for all IT related issues. We look forward to working even more closely with Highway in 2003."

About Highway
Highway Insurance is the UK's 11th largest motor insurer. Founded over 50 years ago, Highway writes a broad range of motor risks and in 2003 will write some GBP 320 million in gross premiums, representing 600,000 policies. Highway is part of the Highway Insurance Holdings Plc group, quoted on the London Stock Exchange (HWY.L).
Web site: www.highway-insurance.co.uk

About CGI
Founded in 1976, CGI is the fourth largest independent information technology services firm in North America, based on its headcount. CGI and its affiliated companies employ more than 21,000 professionals. CGI's annualized revenue run-rate is CDN$3 billion (US$2 billion) and at December 31, 2002, CGI's order backlog was CDN$10.7 billion (US$7.1 billion). CGI provides end-to-end IT and business process services to more than 3,500 clients worldwide from offices in Canada, United States and Europe. CGI's shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB) and are included in the TSX 100 Composite Index as well as the S&P/TSX Canadian Information Technology and Canadian MidCap Indices.
Website: www.cgi.com

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