Contract Awards

RNS Number:8267L
Anker PLC
04 May 2005



For immediate release                                      Wednesday, 4 May 2005

                                   Anker Plc

                                Contract Awards

Introduction
Anker Plc, the pan-European provider of EPOS software, systems and services for
retailers, that successfully listed on AIM in December 2004, today announces a
contract awards update for the first four months of the current financial year.
It is intended that a contract awards announcement will be made on a regular
basis, sometimes coinciding with period end trading updates or results. Anker
will announce a trading update to coincide with its Annual General Meeting, to
be held on Friday, 20 May 2005.

Highlights:

   *In excess of Euro 20 million five year maintenance contract with
    Schlecker, one of Europe's largest drugstore chains, for over 11,000 stores
    in Germany. In addition, Anker is piloting OSCAR software in Schlecker
    stores in Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic
   *OSCAR and associated services plus rolling maintenance contract for
    NorgesGruppen, Norway's largest trading enterprise focused on food retailing
    and foodservice; 2,940 stores
   *Very encouraging progress in the UK - a significant number of new OSCAR
    orders in the pipeline with household names

Background
These contract awards were signed in the January-April period and are in line
with expectations.

The Board is encouraged by the number of new name client awards for its market
leading OSCAR software, the number one selling EPOS solution in Western Europe,
which is in line with Anker's stated strategy to increase its software led
solutions sales.

They also include the award of rolling hardware and software maintenance
contracts and provide the potential of follow up sales as these clients open new
stores and outlets. These awards are also evidence of the benefits accruing from
the reorganisation of and investment in Anker's sales and marketing activities
following the significant restructuring of the business that took place in 2003.

UK
The UK has been an important focus of activity during the period with a number
of OSCAR led projects:

   *Hobbycraft, Europe's first and the UK's largest chain of dedicated Arts
    and Crafts Superstores (new name client; 23 Stores; OSCAR and associated
    services plus rolling maintenance contract)
   *One of the UK's largest Motorway Service Area providers (new name client;
    30 sites; OSCAR and associated services plus rolling maintenance contract)
   *A number of letters of intent from other UK new name clients, all of
    which are well known household names

Europe
We continue to make inroads into our growing pan-European customer base,
including:

   *In The Netherlands:
      + *Further penetration for OSCAR of the SuperUnie supermarket buying
        group with Boni, a discounter with 32 stores. This follows the Poiesz
        and Jan Linders wins announced last year
      + *Action (new name client); rapidly expanding variety discount chain;
        130 stores; hardware and professional services. Planned expansion to 250
        stores
      + *Bruna, a stationery and book store chain with 330 stores;
        installation and maintenance support contracts
      + *HEMA (one of twelve well-known formats of KBB Vendex, the principal
        Dutch non-food retail trade company); 313 stores across The Netherlands,
        Belgium and Germany
      + *Praxis; DIY chain (part of KBB Vendex); incremental hardware
        following last year's services contract win.
   *In Austria:
      + *Bellaflora, Austria's leading florist and garden centre operator; 23
        large format stores; OSCAR software, hardware, installation and
        maintenance
   *In Germany:
      + *In excess of Euro 20 million five year maintenance contract with
        Schlecker, one of Europe's largest drugstore chains, for over 11,000
        stores in Germany. In addition, Anker is piloting OSCAR in Schlecker
        stores in Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic
      + *Knauber, a regional German DIY Chain (new name client; 7 stores;
        OSCAR and associated services plus rolling maintenance contract) -
        follows Bauhaus win in DIY sector last year
   *In Scandinavia:
      + *NorgesGruppen, Norway's largest trading enterprise focused on food
        retailing and foodservice; 2,940 stores; OSCAR and associated services
        plus rolling maintenance contract.

John Foulkes, Chief Executive, commenting on the contract awards, said:

"We are delighted to announce a successful start to 2005, not least in terms of
new name clients across our key operating countries. Our flagship OSCAR software
product continues to be competitive, leading edge and low risk for retailers."


For further information, please contact:            www.anker-systems.com

Anker plc                                           0870 905 1300
John Foulkes, Chief Executive Officer
Stephen Jones, Chief Financial Officer

Smithfield                                          020 7360 4900
Reg Hoare/Sarah Richardson

About Anker www.anker-systems.com

Anker Plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM (ANK.L) and is a provider
of integrated electronic point of sale (EPoS) software, systems and services for
retailers across Europe.
The Group is headquartered near Manchester in the UK, and can trace its
retailing roots back more than 100 years to Bielefeld, Germany. Today, Anker is
one of Western Europe's largest providers of EPoS software, hardware, support
and services for retail and hospitality markets with over 2,000 customers and
over 100,000 installed units under maintenance. Anker's flagship software
product, OSCAR, launched in 1997, is a multi-outlet EPoS system with over 60,000
licences across Europe.
The Group operates directly in 11 European countries - the UK, France,
Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and
Finland.
The Anker workforce of approximately 1,250 employees provides its customers with
a full range of services including software development, professional services,
helpdesk and field service. With over 80% of this workforce involved in
customer-facing activities, Anker is dedicated to its retail and hospitality
customers, which include Harrods, Legoland, Game, Tommy Hilfiger, O2, T Mobile,
Interflora, Signet, Intermarche, Decathlon, Carrefour, SuperUnie Group,
Schlecker, Aldi, Marktkauf, Bauhaus, Servex, Burger King, Lunch Garden,
ColorLine, Hoverspeed and DFDS.

Anker shares were admitted to AIM on 23 December 2004 at a price of 150p per
share.




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