De-listing from NASDAQ Europe

RNS Number:6941Q
Surfcontrol PLC
09 October 2003

SurfControl receives approval for voluntary de-listing from NASDAQ Europe

London, England (9 October, 2003) - SurfControl plc (London:SRF, NASDAQ Europe:
SRFC), the world's Number One Web and E-mail filtering company,  today announced
today that it has received approval for a voluntary de-listing from the NASDAQ
Europe stock market where it has been traded in the form of American Depository
Shares since listing on this market in October 1998.

SurfControl requested de-listing from NASDAQ Europe in advance of the imminent
closure of this market.  SurfControl will continue to be listed on the London
Stock Exchange, which is a fully regulated market where the Company is obligated
to conform to the rules and regulations governing this market.

The last day that SurfControl shares will be traded on the NASDAQ Europe Stock
Market is October 24th, 2003.  After de-listing holders of SurfControl ADSs will
continue to be able to convert this trading instrument through Deutsche Bank
Corporate Trust into Ordinary shares that can be freely traded on the London
Stock Exchange. They will incur no additional costs as a result of the
de-listing.

SurfControl shareholders can continue to obtain quarterly releases, publications
and other information on the Company web site at www.SurfControl.com or from the
London Stock Exchange.

For further information:

SurfControl plc
Steve Purdham           [e-mail]    [phone]
Simon Wilson            [e-mail]     [phone]
Tom Moriarty            [e-mail]     [phone]
ICIS
Caroline Evans-Jones    [e-mail]                 +44  (0)207 628 1114


About SurfControl
SurfControl plc, the world's number one Web and e-mail filtering company,
delivers on its promise to help companies 'Stop Unwanted Content' in the
workplace by continuous innovation, invention and expansion of its filtering
products to address new content risks as they emerge. The company is the leader
in the Content Security market, a significant subset of the Secure Content
Management market, a market that analysts expect to reach $6.4 billion in 2007.

SurfControl is the only company in the security market offering a total content
security solution that combines Web, E-mail (including Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus)
and Instant Message Filters with the industry's largest, most accurate and
relevant content database and adaptive reasoning tools to automate content
recognition.

SurfControl's world-class partners include Sun Microsystems, Check Point, Cisco,
IBM, and Nokia. The company has more than 20,000 customers worldwide, including
many of the world's largest corporations.  The company employs nearly 450 people
in nine locations across the United States, Europe, and Asia/Pacific.

For further information and news on SurfControl, please visit http://
www.surfcontrol.com/



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