Been buying these since mid oct last year - soon after their profit warning. Management have been changed - new contracts gained and a complete reorganisation. I am not currently trading them but buying a few in the dips and accumulating. I have several good contacts and happy to continue buying.

seems to me we were in such a dip today and have therefore added a few


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Share price at start of thread 50.5 mid - current 86p - gain 70.3% (13/05)

As it happens looks like I was just in time ..... moving up now


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Ticking up again ...... expecting heavy volume today



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Volumes are around double the daily average and we have ticked nearly 3% on the day and nearly 7.5% since my buy yesterday :-))


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Ps a late F trade of a million shares virtually doubled the volume again :-))

3rd biggest gainer in the FTSE350 yesterday

Ticking up as some big delayed buys go through



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Swimming against the tide this afternoon - up 3% on heavy volume -twice the daily average



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Nice new contract from O2 ...... surprise Surprise :-))

Not been able to add any in the last week or two as there have been no dips but still tracking


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RNS Number:2997I
Xansa PLC
05 March 2003


5 March 2003

Xansa wins #21 Million O2 UK Business Process Management Contract

Xansa, the IT and business services company, announces a #21 million Accounting
& Finance Business Process Management contract with O2, one of the leading
mobile service providers in Europe. Xansa will design, build, implement and
operate a new accounting and finance business process service across all O2
operations in the UK, including O2 Airwave and the UK operations of its parent
mmO2.

The five-year contract is designed to generate a step change improvement in
service levels for O2, including both the quality of outcomes from the business
process and the performance of the underlying systems. Xansa will implement the
Oracle 11i e-Business suite and will provide O2 with around 25% cost savings
over the five-year term.

The scope of the service includes accounts receivable, fixed assets, ledger
services, accounts payable, purchase and procurement, supply chain and inventory
management, project accounting, cash management, business expenses, payroll and
business reporting. Around 7000 people in the O2 workforce will have access to
the system. Transformation of the business processes will be achieved by Xansa
consultants working alongside current O2 finance and technology teams. They
will work on-site at O2 offices in Slough and Leeds and from Xansa's UK and
India delivery centres with service provided from Xansa's accounting and finance
shared service centres in Manchester, Birmingham and Bedford.

Commenting on the successful relationship, Matthew Key, the O2 UK Chief
Financial Officer, says: "This new service will play a major part in our plans
to transform O2's accounting and finance processes in the UK. We chose Xansa
because they will enable us to increase the quality and efficiency of the
business whilst reducing our operational costs by around 25%. We look forward to
working with them."

Karen Laidler, O2 Technology Services Director says: "This Xansa service is
another key step in the implementation of our technology strategy to replace
legacy applications with commercial off-the-shelf packages that support our
business strategy."

Allan Wood, Xansa Managing Director, Business Process Management, says: "We are
delighted to welcome O2 as a further, major Business Process Management client.
O2's goal is to strive for efficient, best practice finance and account process
operations. Xansa's strengths in process rationalisation and IT enablement will
be focused on achieving these goals. This will be the foundation of our
continuing partnership. More generally, we are witnessing strong interest in
business process outsourcing and our offer of guaranteed benefits coupled with a
track record of real delivery is proving compelling."


ENDS

Enquiries:

Steve Stratton Giles Sanderson, James Melville-Ross
Investor Relations Director, Xansa Financial Dynamics
Tel : + 44 (0) 8702 416181 Tel : + 44 (0) 20 7831 3113
Email : steve.stratton@xansa.com

Rosie Symons O2 UK Press Office
Public Relations Manager, Xansa Tel: +44 (0) 1753 565656
Tel: + 44 (0)1442 434088
Email: rosie.symons@xansa.com

About Xansa

Xansa (www.xansa.com) is an IT and business services company that delivers
technology and process solutions to improve its clients' business performance.
Through strong relationships, Xansa drives real and long-term cost reductions,
performance improvements and new ways of working for its clients. Xansa has four
international capabilities: Consulting, IT, Outsourcing and Business Process
Management. The company is established in the UK, North America, Continental
Europe and Asia Pacific with three technology and process centres across India.
Xansa is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the code XAN.L.

About O2

* The business operations of mmO2 plc are branded O2.

* O2 (UK) Ltd has nearly 11.95 million customers (end Dec 2002), of which 33%
are contract and the remainder pre-pay. The proportion of service revenues
generated by data usage in the last quarter is 17.4%. The number of SMS
messages handled by O2 UK over the year was 4.92 billion.

* O2 UK's GSM network, including GPRS capability, covers over 99% of the
population and approximately 90% of the UK by land area, and comprises over
9,000 base stations.

* O2 UK was the first mobile network in the world to have launched and
rolled-out commercial GPRS services. Work is underway to develop its future
3G network.

* The company has 200 O2 retail stores located across the UK, plus a 40%
shareholding in The Link Stores Limited.

* International roaming agreements with 327 networks allow our customers to
receive and make calls in 141 countries. Additionally, O2 customers are now
able to roam with GPRS in 24 countries.

* O2 UK became the first UK mobile operator to achieve registration to BSEN:
ISO 14001, the international environmental standard. The main theme of the
standard is continual environmental improvement and endorses our commitment
to the positive protection of the environment.

One of just a handful of top 350 shares that are actually + this morning after a gloomy start off the back of the US overnight falls

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AFX-Focus) 2003-03-05 08:06 GMT: Xansa wins 21 mln stg UK business process management contract with O2
LONDON (AFX) - Xansa PLC said it has won a 21 mln stg accounting and finance business process management contract with O2.
Xansa will design, build, implement and operate a new accounting and finance business process service across all O2 operations in the UK, including O2 Airwave and the UK operations of its parent mmO2.

The five-year contract is designed to generate a step change improvement in service levels for O2, including both the quality of outcomes from the business process and the performance of the underlying systems.

Xansa will implement the Oracle 11i e-Business suite and will provide O2 with around 25 pct cost savings over the five-year term.

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Edging towards their 6 month highs despite the crap market - plus 1.64% on above average volume for the day.

In early December the company talked about restructuring and planned downsizing ...... today this was finalised and between 420 and 430 work units have been made redundant. Management has been restructured and the company is a leaner meaner machine.

This is a long term play for me and will continue to add a few on a regular basis.


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Ticked up again and a 500K cross at the new mid price looks promising.

Market exppecting a possible raste cut this midday helps the FTSE and US Futures flat at this time


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Volumes picking up again and already twice the daily average with several bigger trades going through - includes a buy of 140K and another cross at a new higher mid price ..... shares now up 2.42% intraday and very close to the 6 month high


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Still ticking up @ plus 4% on the day with a million and a half traded ahead of US open and despite no rate cut


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Xansa wins multi-million pound BPM deal
By Kevin Reed [06-03-2003] Finasncial Director


IT and business services company Xansa has won a 21m, five-year contract to supply a new accounting and finance business process service to O2's UK operations.

Link:Xansa announces 430 to go

The IT project is a welcome boost to Xansa, having announced the loss of 430 jobs - around 7% of its global workforce - at the end of 2002.

The deal will see Xansa implement the Oracle 11i e-Business suite, which aims to give O2 costs savings of 25% over a five-year term.

The scope of service provided will range from accounts receivable through to supply chain and inventory management. Around 7,000 of O2's workforce will have access to the system, and the process will be achieved by Xansa consultants working alongside O2's finance and technology teams.

Commenting on the deal, Matthew Key, O2 UK's chief financial officer, said: 'This new service will play a major part in our plans to transform O2's accounting and finance processes in the UK. We chose Xansa because the will enable us to increase the quality and efficiency of the business whilst reducing our operational costs around 25%."

Xansa shares have climbed 4% to 64.5p since the start of trading today.

hmmmmmm ..... 500k f trade looks like an early morning buy plus a million f trade which might be a sell .... vols over 4 million now


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Citywire have a major update on xansa - but it is a subscription site - here are a few highlights


Published: 09:17 Fri 7 March 2003
By Joanne Wallen, Technology Correspondent


Citywire tip Xansa has attracted a couple of shrewd investors, whose stakes in the company, along with an important contract announced earlier this week, make it look even more promising for the future.


Xansa (XAN) is the IT services and outsourcing specialist tipped by Citywire in October, when the shares hit lows of 30p. As we reported, Warren Buffett-style investors Phoenix Asset Management surfaced with a share in Xansa at that time.

In November, the shrewd team at Aberforth Partners bought in to Xansa with a 572,000 share stake for the Aberforth UK Smaller Companies fund. The fund appears to have taken some profits in January but bought back in early in February and currently holds 786,000 shares.

The real significance of the OOM deal is not so much the value, but the fact that this is the second piece of business for Xansa's nascent business process outsourcing (BPO) business.

Xansa set up the BPO in October 2001 with a view to having BT as its first customer.

In June last year Xansa finally signed the BT deal, worth 250 million over seven years. Xansa is again running the whole of BT's accounting and financial services functions, including employing some 570 of BT's staff.

The mmO2 deal is only the second win for the BPO business, although the company had said it wanted to bed the BT business in first before going after any new business.

Alan Wood, managing director of the business process division told Citywire that Xansa could guarantee O2 a saving of at least 25% by taking over the running of these processes.

He said the company is talking to several other customers who are very interested in outsourcing some of their business processes.



The company does have some fundamental strengths that include a long-standing blue chip customer base, recurring revenues and strong cash generation it improved cash flow from operating activities by 100% in the first six months to October to 46.1 million, leaving a net cash position better than expected at 14.8 million.

Apart from the promises of the BPO business, Xansa is still in the running to win a significant part of a 1.5 billion contract to run the IT infrastructure for Consignia, owner of the Royal Mail.

In October it was announced that Consignia had chosen the Prism alliance, which includes Xansa and BT and is led by US computer services giant Computer Sciences Corporation, as its preferred bidder for the 1.5 billion contract to run its IT infrastructure. A spokesman told Citywire yesterday that 'talks are still ongoing.'Citywire Verdict:

At this price, shares are valued at 11 times next year's earnings. Provided the company maintains its dividend for the full year, the yield is a healthy 5%.


If you are thinking further than the next six months, this is a company to hold onto. New money should take any further drop in the price as a buying opportunity.

2003 Citywire

Not a good day ..... big volumes and fair amount of profit taking - down 6%


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Added a few in the dip yesterday .....



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a million cross @ 57p helps to push them up - now 57/60 plus 3.54%


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a half a million buy trade gets them moving in the right direction .... now 58/61. They are hoding up well despite the markets and can see some massive gains when the market starts to seriously recover



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Two directors retire and new non -exec comes on board



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currently 57/60p and marking time - despite the heavy market falls ..... I am looking to add a few in any dip from here


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LONDON (AFX) - Xansa PLC said Jo Connell, executive director, will retire from the board and leave the company on March 31 2003, having completed her management of the company's streamlining programme.
The company announces the appointment of Lord Wilson of Dinton GCB, formerly Sir Richard Wilson.

He was formerly Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service until September 2002.

pushing ahead of the market today - up over 3% @ 60/61p on higher than average volume

Up again today .... just ahead of me wanting to buy a few more .... that's life

Volumes are normal @ 476K - up 3.15% @ 64/67p

Up again @ 66/69p a new recent high - Sage comment has got the sector moving this morning - I am expecting a high volume day - currently heading the FTSE250 riser Board :-))




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As we promised earlier - vols are high - already well above the daily average and although we have slipped to 8th in the riser board we have ticked up a little more at 67/69p up 2p or just over 3%. This is a 4 month high :-))


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ainsoph posts 25 others ,er nil,
seems like you agree with yourself there then.

Who cares ..... still making nearly 40% ..... and thats a lot of dosh as I hasve several units in this one :-)) maybe a couple of hundred + profit per post :-))

volumes over 1.4 million now or twice the daily average

blah blah blah--will make up for some of your other heavy loosers--still buying VOC?

volumes now over 6.3 million and up 3.8% :-))

ainsoph 28 others two

Closed at 67/70p with 6.7 million shares traded - up 3.8% on the day and 35.64% since we started 8 weeks ago ......


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Here we have a lovely example of someone trying hard to ramp 'em up, yer a real 'city slicker' aint you ains.

Seems to be working ...... from 50.5p to 68.5p in two months :-))

Dipped down earlier with the market but substained buying has pushed them back up again ..... over three times the normal daily volume at 2.2 million shares traded.

They got a mention over the weekend in the article about companies that are likely to become M+A targets in the near future.

My shares are all in nominee accounts and forgot we received the 1.08p divi a week or so ago ..... all adds up if you hold lots.


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Ains
Xansa have a very large AESOP (share ownership) scheme. Do these shares have to be bought via the market? If so it would account for some of the huge trades that are seen from time to time.

Yes xfg68 - they do encourage share ownership amongst the staff and they are bought in the market by the House broker and yes there are days when this would account for the heavy volume .....

I understand the people in charge of their scheme are currently doing the rounds in terms of encouraging participation.


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Ains
Thank you for the quick reply.

A while back Xansa were the prefered tender for a Consignia contract. Did this ever materialise?

Not sure but have asked the question - last thing was on the 21/10 where they were said to be the preferred bidder but details to come when contract was signed. They have been a Xansa client for around 5 years so would have expected it to happen as and when ..... maybe something has held it up.



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BTW this explains the early morning weakness


LONDON (AFX) - Shares in both Hays PLC and Xansa PLC were expected to open easier in early morning London trade today after news of downgrades to ratings for the two firms by UBS Warburg, dealers said.
The Swiss-owned broker is said to have reduced its stance on both groups to 'neutral' from 'buy', citing valuation grounds.

Xansa plc (the 'Company') announces that it received notification on 22 April
2003 for the purposes of Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985 that at 21 April
2003 Xansa Trustee Company Limited, trustee of the Inland Revenue approved Xansa
All Employee Share Ownership Plan ('AESOP') had sold 3,003 Ordinary Shares at 67
pence each to and on behalf of participants leaving the AESOP.

The AESOP Trust is a discretionary trust for the benefit of employees of the
Company and its subsidiaries, which operates in conjunction with the Company's
AESOP and holds Ordinary Shares purchased by employees under the Partnership and
Matching shares section of AESOP as well as holding Ordinary Shares required for
Matching.

Executive directors who are potential beneficiaries of the AESOP are;

Mrs L K Barrat
Mr A R Cox
Mr P R Gill
Mr S R Weston
Mr A L Wood

The total holding of the AESOP Trust amounts to 13,905,879 Ordinary Shares.


22 April 2003

fidelity investments now hold 24.9 million shares or about 7.45% of the total



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We are now at a 7 month high with a 3.65% gain first thing - 70/72p

The house broker UBS Warburg downgrades its recommendation to 'neutral' on expectations the IT services firm is set to release a trading statement, dealers said.

UBS, which formerly rated Xansa a 'buy', cut its target price to 62 pence from 70. The broker expects Xansa to issue a trading update at the end of April, in line with its normal practise at the end of each half. "We are hopeful that results will emerge broadly in line with expectations," UBS told clients. Market conditions are expected to have remained "flat at best" as previously anticipated, it reckons, while streamlining will have reduced costs significantly.

UBS forecasts Xansa to show a pretax of 27.6m before exceptionals and distribution of shares. This compares to a market consensus of 26.5 mln, it said. However, UBS pared its enterprise value for Xansa to reflect the firm's pension fund deficit as debt-like obligation. It has an estimated 42m post-tax deficit on an FRS17 basis. "We continue to believe that the group is well-positioned for the long term," UBS assured.

Finals are due on the 25th June and XANSA will be issuing a trading statement towards the end of this week. I expect this to be upbeat as the new strategy programm is now completed - lot of work going to India (cost savings) + talk of a new utility collaboration/contract (final bills for those moving house).

I have been adding a few and now hold a fair number.




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I have been adding a few and now hold a fair number.




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LOL@KDC

Share price at start of thread 50.5 mid - current 71p - gain 40.59% (28/04)

Good start to the day - US markets were well up overnight and our markets following suit .... XAN up 3.57%@ 70/75p ..... a 7 month high




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Ticking up again @ 72/75p plus 5% on the day and third in the top ten ftse250 riser board .... low volumes



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........ and again @ 74/75p as a couple more buyers come in ..... now 2nd in the riser board :-)) - 7.5 month high



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now heading the 250 risers @ plus 7.86% on the day


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hahahahah
KDC runs scared a hurried edit of the heAder to prove a rise

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!

Share price at start of thread 50.5 mid - current 76p - gain 50.5% (29/04)

Looking good as US opens well up again and others in sector doing well ...... now 77/78p up over 10% and well ahead on the top 250 leader board - vols are high again with over 1.2 million shares traded and an hour to go



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guess she needed some pocket money


Xansa plc (the 'Company') received notification on 29 April 2003 under sections
198-208 of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended) (the 'Act') that as at the close
of business on 23 April 2003, Dame Stephanie Shirley had disposed of 135,000
ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') from the
joint portfolio she holds with her spouse, Mr D G M Shirley. The Shirley
Foundation, a charitable trust has also disposed of 365,000 Ordinary Shares,
which is grouped with Dame Stephanie's interest solely because of her position
as a non-beneficial trustee. As a consequence of these disposals Dame Stephanie
Shirley now has an interest for the purposes of the Act in 13,000,000 Ordinary
Shares, which represents 3.88% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Nice one but not unexpected




XANSA STATEMENT REGARDING ROYAL MAIL GROUP CONTRACT

Xansa, the international business process and IT services company, today
announced that Royal Mail Group has issued the following statement regarding an
IT outsourcing contract.


ROYAL MAIL AND THE CSC-LED PRISM ALLIANCE

AGREE #1.5 BILLION LANDMARK DEAL FOR IT

Outsourcing will save #250 million over 10 years

Royal Mail Group announced today it has signed a contract with Computer Sciences
Corporation (CSC) in a #1.5 billion landmark deal to outsource IT operations.


Savings of #250 million will be generated over the life of the ten-year
contract. The outsourcing of Royal Mail's IT support services marks the
completion of a key element of a three-year renewal plan to return Royal Mail to
profitability.


CSC's Prism Alliance, which includes BT and Xansa will be responsible for
running Royal Mail Group's data centres, data networks, voice services, desktop
computers, and over 600 business application systems. As prime contractor, CSC
will be responsible for the overall management of the contract, relationship and
services that are to be delivered.

Adam Crozier, Royal Mail Chief Executive, said: "This is a great deal for Royal
Mail and a great deal for our people. It is a vital component in our renewal
plans in terms of reducing costs and giving us the information technology
services that we need to make Royal Mail a great company.


"The CSC-led Prism Alliance is a powerful combination of three world-class
companies. In one leap we will have access to the levels of advanced technology
we need to compete successfully and improve our services to customers.


"We have also worked very hard to make sure our people are taken care of. As
well as the statutory transfer regulations (TUPE), which protect staff
interests, we have negotiated additional guarantees on job security and pension
arrangements. The outsourcing also opens up fresh career opportunities for our
people within companies that are global players."


"On behalf of the Prism Alliance, we are pleased to conclude our previously
announced negotiations and enter into this agreement with Royal Mail," said CSC
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Van B. Honeycutt. "Royal Mail's selection
of CSC for one of the largest IT outsourcing contracts ever signed in the UK
underscores CSC's experience and results in managing highly complex, large-scale
outsourcing programs. We look forward to working collaboratively with Royal Mail
and our alliance partners to help Royal Mail achieve its renewal plan
objectives."

How it will work

Some 1,735 people, mostly IT professionals currently employed by Royal Mail,
will transfer to CSC, Xansa and BT on existing terms and conditions under TUPE
regulations. CSC will account for approximately 1,470 employees, Xansa 220
employees and BT 45 employees.


CSC will manage the contract and will be responsible for the maintenance of
Royal Mail's 42,000 desk-top computers; the management and development of Royal
Mail's server, mainframe and IT processes. CSC will also develop and maintain
applications; and provide a range of professional services supporting business
critical systems.


Under a subcontract with CSC, BT will provide a new network and services
including local and wide area voice, data, mobile, internet and firewall
technologies. BT will also provide support services for call centre operations
and intra-company video and audio conferencing. This work represents #450
million over ten years.


"This partnership is the kind of 'multi-sourcing' approach to outsourcing that
companies are realising is the best structure for today's challenges," said
Pierre Danon, chief executive of BT Retail. "BT is particularly proud to be a
part of this work with Royal Mail, not only because of the strength of our
partner companies, but because we have shared Royal Mail's challenge of moving
from a government monopoly to an agile, modern competitor."


Under a subcontract with CSC, Xansa will provide application management and
software development services and solutions to Royal Mail Group and Post Office
Limited as part of the Prism Alliance. Xansa services are valued at up to #180
million over ten years.


Alistair Cox, Chief Executive, Xansa, said: "We have worked with Royal Mail
Group for over five years and were recently honoured to be named 2002 Supplier
of the Year. We are delighted to continue bringing benefits to their business
for years to come. We take great pride in building long-term client
relationships and particularly look forward to helping the Royal Mail Group
build for their future through new ways of working.


"We warmly welcome those employees joining Xansa who will be a valued addition
to our workforce. Together, we will create flexible working methods that will
allow Royal Mail Group to buy what they need, when they need it at good value
and with high quality."

- Ends -

heres the update on trading expected end of last week ;-)) ...... shares up a tick or two and at highest level for 8 months @ 77/80p .... my 7th biggest holding at this time



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Pre-Close Update


Full year outturn in line with management expectations


Xansa, the international business process and IT services company, is pleased to
confirm that the outturn for the full year ended 30 April 2003 remains in line
with management expectations.


Since the announcement of our Interim results, we have made significant progress
in our streamlining programme, which covered direct and indirect costs, property
and infrastructure. The key strands of the programme are now complete. The
management team has successfully implemented a new organisational structure
throughout the company. As a result, we believe that we have created a sharper
organisation, fitter to deal with the market challenges and well positioned for
growth.


Through continued rigorous cash management and the efficient implementation of
the streamlining programme, the company's overall cash position and annualised
savings are slightly ahead of our original plan, with exceptional charges as
expected.


Since the Interim results, we have continued to grow our Business Processing
Outsourcing (BPO) division, including the recently announced accounting and
finance contract with mmO2. This further strengthens our already profitable BPO
business which, along with IT outsourcing and supported by our Indian delivery
channel, continues to position the company well in markets which remain
challenging both in the UK and internationally.


Commenting on today's announcement, Alistair Cox, Chief Executive of Xansa said,

"As we said at the December Interim results, we are not expecting any marked
upturn in demand during our financial year 2003/04. We are addressing this
environment through our streamlining programme while continuing to position the
company for future growth by investing in such areas as India and BPO.


I am pleased that we also announced today the signing of the landmark IT
outsourcing contract with the Royal Mail Group, as part of the Prism Alliance.
This is a terrific result for us all."


The preliminary results for the year ended 30 April 2003 will be announced on 25
June 2003.


ENDS

Market likes the news .... 7th in the FTSE250 risers board @ plus 6.49% intraday with over a million shares traded



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82/84 p and now my 6th biggest holding and 4th on the riser board :-))



AFX-Focus) 2003-05-06 12:28 GMT: Xansa sees FY outturn in line; consortium wins 1.5 bln stg Royal Mail deal
LONDON (AFX) - Xansa PLC said the outturn for the full year ended April 30 2003 remains in line with management expectations.
The news came in a trading update that accompanied news that the company was part of a consortium that won 1.5 bln stg IT outsourcing contract from Royal Mail.

In a statement prepared for its AGM, it said the company's overall cash position and annualised savings are slightly ahead of its original plan, with exceptional charges as expected.

Alistair Cox, Chief Executive of Xansa said: "As we said at the December Interim results, we are not expecting any marked upturn in demand during our financial year 2003/04. We are addressing this environment through our streamlining programme while continuing to position the company for future growth by investing in such areas as India and BPO.

"I am pleased that we also announced today the signing of the landmark IT outsourcing contract with the Royal Mail Group, as part of the Prism Alliance. This is a terrific result for us all."

The preliminary results for the year ended April 30 2003 will be announced on June 25 2003.

Royal Mail in 1.5bn farm-out deal
6 May 2003, This Is Money

HE Royal Mail has struck a 1.5bn deal to farm out computer work in a move aimed at saving it 250m over the next 10 years.



More than 1,700 IT staff will transfer to US-owned Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), BT and Xansa, which will be responsible for running data centres, desktop computers and hundreds of business application systems. The contract is one of the biggest such deals signed in the UK.

Royal Mail chief executive Adam Crozier said the deal was 'a vital component in our renewal plans in terms of reducing costs and giving us the information technology services that we need to make Royal Mail a great company'.

Royal Mail had worked hard to ensure workers were 'taken care of' when they transfer. 'As well as the statutory transfer regulations, which protect staff interests, we have negotiated additional guarantees on job security and pension arrangements.'

lots of good media coverage ..... which is nice



May 06, 2003

Royal Mail signs 1.5bn outsource deal
by our business staff TIMES



The Royal Mail today signed one of the biggest outsourcing deals ever in Britain, when it agreed a a 1.5 billion contract to outsource computer work to private companies in a move aimed at saving the postal group 250 million over the next ten years.

More than 1,700 Royal Mail information technology staff will transfer to Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), BT and Xansa, which will be responsible for running data centres, desktop computers and hundreds of business application systems.

Adam Crozier, Royal Mail Chief Executive, said: "This is a great deal for Royal Mail and a great deal for our people. It is a vital component in our renewal plans in terms of reducing costs and giving us the information technology services that we need to make Royal Mail a great company."

Mr Crozier said that the CSC-led so-called Prism Alliance was a powerful combination of three world class companies.

"In one leap we will have access to the levels of advanced technology we need to compete successfully and improve our services to customers."

A little profit taking ..... 80/83p on 2 million traded

Guardian - On a more fundamental tack, Xansa , improved 3.5p to a seven-month high of 80.5p after it said full-year profits would meet expectations and announced it was part of the consortium that had landed a 1.5bn outsourcing deal with the Royal Mail. City gossips believe a predator is stalking Xansa, which on price to book valuation (assets minus liabilities) is one of the cheapest stocks in the London market.

easing a little today with Arbuthnot securities downgrading on val grounds - they belive yesterdays trading update was already built in - they say XAN have aa PE of 20.5 against sector average of 13.1. They agree a premium is derserved but target 70p


Hmmmmmm ..... guess the market only works if peeps take opposing views - will be adding a few if they dip sub 78p



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big f trade - million @ 80p plus a 300k mm deal gave got them ticking back up

May 12, 2003

NHS set to cut 20 bidders from 2bn computer race
By Nic Hopkins TIMES



THE National Health Service is poised to drop about another 20 contenders from a list of companies and syndicates bidding for a 2.3 billion contract to modernise its computer systems.
The National Programme for IT in the NHS (NPfIT) will reduce the 31 competitors to a shortlist of between eight and ten, all of which are expected to be invited to tender for the three-year contract.

The NPfIT, which will see the introduction of electronic patient records as well as digital prescriptions and appointments, is part of a broader effort to upgrade and maintain the NHSs computer systems at a cost of 15 billion over the next decade. Only a few of the 99 companies that originally expressed interest in the NPfIT will become lead managers of the project. Firms on the final shortlist are expected to be notified directly by the NHS. The shortlist is not expected to be made public.

Syndicates are expected to dominate the final group. Analysts believe that a joint venture between McKesson, the worlds biggest provider of healthcare technology, and Capita, the business services group behind the London congestion charge, will feature strongly. Alliances between IBM and ATOS KPMG Consulting, and Microsoft, Sun Microsystems Dell, Electronic Data Systems and iSoft are also expected to be prominent.

A syndicate led by Accenture, the US consulting group, and Germanys Siemens is also expected to feature in the final line-up, as is another headed by Lockheed Martin, the US defence and technology contractor, and Hewlett Packard, the computer maker.

Other UK firms competing for the contract include BT Health, Xansa, LogicaCMG and Torex. One senior executive of a company involved in the bidding said: Were getting to the business end of the process.

He added: I would expect a few surprises. Most of the leading contenders will get through, but I wouldnt be surprised if one or two dark horses emerge and a couple of obvious candidates fall away.

Added a few earlier today - volumes picking up now as we head for close

Ticked up premarket after a busy day yesterday with high volumes - 5th day in a row .... now 82/86p up 3% intraday and 66.33% since the thread started 3 months ago ..... shares at the highest price we have seen since early september last year.



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moving up the leader board and now 5th intraday as we tick up again @ 85/87p on another high volume day


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Recovering today after a mini bout of profit taking .... always healthy to see two way trading .... 84/86p on average volume


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Been slipping with the market over the llast couple of days but note the big trades today and a 2.7 million cross at the lower offer price ..... could see a bounce back

heres the bounce .... lowish vol showing but up 5% @ 85/88p in poor down msarket ahead of long holiday :-))



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I might have guessed you would be in these.Now comfortably more than doubled. Some of the trading crowd were well short and must be very unhappy.

lol @ the bb`s security system

LONGed at 91 p hoping for 100p only to see the price dropping to 88p. Will bail out at 80 p (stop loss) if the down fall continues. Any short-term forecasts?

Important announcement today with Lawson could revive interest in ZAN and share bouncing from artifical low. Persistant buying over last number of days has given MM opportunity to mark down in weak market. Could rally strongly from here as more interest in this stock than this board would imply.

ZAN rally through 100 is holding and chart looks strong! Price has broken thru 150 day ma at 97p and stock should make further progress when 15 day breaks thru in next couple of days. Small resistance at 106p should be overcome with next target in 115p area. Only a break below 97p would be negative. DYOR.

looking excellent again
120p on the cards following todays deal

any body out there know where this one is going? despite lots of positive news out there - this share looks relatively unlovev by th city.

A steady performer. Up 10% over the last couple of months.

Fidelity recently announced a holding in Xansa of just over 10%, an increase. Today a 70m 7-year contract won from the Northern Ireland Water Service.

RNS:-
Xansa PLC
19 January 2006

19 January 2006



Xansa wins 70 million contract with
Northern Ireland Water Service

Northern Ireland Water Service, an Agency within the Department for Regional
Development Northern Ireland (DRD) has awarded the contract for the provision of
its new customer billing and contacts system to the Xansa led Crystal Alliance.
The contract, valued at 70 million over seven years, sees Xansa as the prime
contractor in a strategic alliance of best-of-breed partners with Echo Managed
Services and AMT-SYBEX Ltd.

The Xansa led Crystal Alliance will work with NI Water Service to deliver front
to back office customer billing and relationship management services to over
760,000 customers. Xansa's IT and process expertise combined with the
specialist capabilities of the consortium partners will deliver industry leading
standards of service, fast local response to customer enquiries and continuous
improvement in standards of service provided.

Fidelity now owns over 13% - slow stake building
- these are very smart people - is there a take out?

Question - 7.50million shares traded 7.4m buys and the price drops!!!!!!!
Someone is defo not on the up and up here!

Does any one know about Fujitsu stalking Xansa?
It is rumoured that they may be looking at the indian collateral.

Any news out there ?

Announced as I posted :

Xansa plc ('The Company') is in advanced talks regarding a possible offer for
the Company at a premium to the current share price. There can be no certainty
that an offer for the Company will be forthcoming.

Someone bloody knew !!

"possible offer for the Company at a premium to the current share price."

Does this mean todays current price I wonder! If so, I expect the bid to come in at 125p. Any thoughts?

I would expect it to have to go for around 120p to be recommeded hjs but first offer likely to be lower , maybe 110p

Dil

I feel the first and last offer will come in around 125. Xansa is worth more and who ever will bid will want to make a quick deal.

I wonder who the bidder is? Fujitsu I have never heard that before!

Logica?

Some Indian company ?

IBM?

Tadpole ?





:-)

nah they are too busy why their take over of Microsoft

Result ... 130p a share.

jeez it is steria.....bloody useless services company