RNS Number:0089P
Total Systems PLC
4 August 2000


                               TOTAL SYSTEMS plc
                                       
                 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT
              Order intake significantly up at end of 1st quarter
                                       
                                       
At  the  Annual  General Meeting of Total Systems plc, the financial  services
software supplier and internet, intranet and extranet developer, held  earlier
today in London Terry Bourne, Chairman, made the following statement regarding
current trading:

"We  have  seen a significant pick-up in order intake towards the end  of  the
first  quarter  of  the  current year.  The pipeline  of  prospective  clients
continues  to grow but the full year's performance will depend on how  quickly
these  enquiries can be turned into actual contract gains.  In  the  last  few
weeks  we  were  pleased  to  have announced  two  such  contract  gains  with
nationwide  retailer, Dixons Group PLC, and Meon Villas, part of leading  tour
operator  First  Choice  Holidays PLC.  Both deals  were  won  against  strong
competition  and  are  good examples of how investment  in  existing  and  new
product development has paid off.

"Dixons  chose  our  Insurance  System product,  Ultima,  on  account  of  its
functionality, flexibility, full Internet capability and the speed with  which
Ultima  allows  end users to quickly handle changes and deliver  new  products
across many lines of business.  We are confident that they will extend use  of
the  system, destined initially for the UK and Republic of Ireland, into  many
continental European countries.

"Meon  Villas asked us to develop an Internet e-commerce site for  it  and  we
will be using totalenow to power the site.  Since its launch in April 2000  we
have  gained  10  contracts for totalenow and we continue to target  customers
across a broad range of industries, most notably the leisure & travel, retail,
insurance, and business services sectors.  Our market profile in many of these
new  areas  is increasing all the time and I am confident that in  the  medium
term we shall see major benefits for the group as a whole.

"This  improvement in business conditions is most welcome but is  unlikely  to
impact  strongly  on  first  half results.   The  second  half  should  see  a
significant  pick-up in activity but the benefit accruing from the  launch  of
our  e-commerce product will take longer to materialise due to the  nature  of
such  contracts.  The Board are confident of gaining new contracts for  Ultima
in the short-term."

E-mail: info@totalsystems.co.uk     web site: http://www.totalsystems.co.uk


Enquiries:

Terry Bourne, Chairman          Total Systems plc                020 7294 4888
Peter Binns/Simon Ellis        Binns & Co. PR Ltd.               020 7786 9600
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