EL SEGUNDO, Calif., March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Computer Sciences Corporation ("CSC") announced today that it has completed the sale of $700,000,000 of 5.50% senior notes due 2013 (the "2013 Notes") and $1,000,000,000 of 6.50% senior notes due 2018 (the "2018 Notes", and together with the 2013 Notes, collectively, the "Notes") in a private offering. CSC will use the net proceeds of the offering to repay commercial paper issued to finance the acquisition of Covansys Corporation, and for general corporate purposes. The Notes were offered and sold to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act. Therefore, the Notes may not be offered or sold absent registration under the Securities Act or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state or jurisdictional securities laws. This press release does not and will not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes, nor has there been any sale of the Notes in any jurisdiction in which any such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. This press release is being issued pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 135c under the Securities Act. DATASOURCE: Computer Sciences Corporation CONTACT: Mike Dickerson, Director, Media Relations, Corporate, +1-310-615-1647, , or Bill Lackey, Director, Investor Relations, Corporate, +1-310-615-1700, , both of Computer Sciences Corporation Web site: http://www.csc.com/

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