RNS Number:9469S
Systems Union Group PLC
05 December 2003

                  Systems Union Group plc announces acquisition of
                                Foundation Systems

           Market leading global software group expands its Financial
                              Management Division

Systems Union Group plc (LSE: SUG), of Farnborough, UK, today announced that it
has acquired Foundation Systems Ltd., a leading value added reseller of
SunSystems business software solutions for approximately GBP 2.5 million in
cash. Foundation will operate as a separate subsidiary of Systems Union Group
plc alongside Systems Union Holdings Ltd (author of SunSystems), Pegasus and
REDTechnology.

Founded in 1982 Foundation Systems employs 50 staff and works with over 450 mid
market organisations in the UK within both the private and public service
sectors covering all aspects of business and commerce. For the year ended 31
December 2002, it generated revenues of GBP 7.3 million and profit before tax
(PBT) of GBP 526,000 and had net assets at that date of GBP 445,000.

Paul Coleman, Chief Executive Officer of Systems Union, commented: "I am pleased
to welcome Foundation Systems into the group and we expect it to make a positive
contribution in 2004. The company has built an impressive customer base and a
comprehensive portfolio of offerings based on SunSystems, together with other
complementary products such as CRM and Procurement."

Hugh Scantlebury, Managing Director of Foundation Systems added: "We are looking
forward to playing an important role in Systems Union's Finance Management
Division".

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Enquiries:

Damian Traynor, Systems Union, Global Marketing Director
Tel: Mob: 07753 810607 Office: 01252 556213

Hilary Goodband, Systems Union, Corporate Communications Executive
Tel: Mob: 07879 427477 Office: 01252 556242
5th December, London, UK

Notes to editors:

About Systems Union

Systems Union Group plc is a leading, UK-based software company, quoted on the
Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange. By revenue,
the group is already one of the top 25 software houses in Europe and the eighth
largest in the UK. Its existing businesses comprise Systems Union Holdings Ltd
(author of SunSystems), Pegasus Software Ltd and REDtechnology Services Ltd.

SunSystems is a world leader in financial and business management software
solutions with 21 offices worldwide and 200 channel partners in 76 countries.
The SunSystems product range is available in 30 languages with over 18,000
customer sites, and 250,000 customer seats in 194 countries. SunSystems'
customers include 45 of the world's 50 largest corporations, 75 of the FTSE100
and one quarter of the Fortune 500.

Pegasus Software is a UK accounting and business software solutions provider for
small and medium-sized businesses. The company has 30,000 customers and 250
value added re-sellers and its products include Opera, Operations and Capital
Gold.

REDtechnology is a web development and hosting company based on Oxford. It has
300 customers, predominantly mid-sized UK-based organisations. Products include
ConductIT for web content management, PromoteIT for email marketing and FileIT
for document management.

About Foundation Systems

Foundation Systems provides solutions based around SunSystems, Ascent and
SharpOWL. It partners with ASR Computers, Albany Software InHowes Computer
Solutions, Easy Software (UK), and Intex Solutions in being able to provide HR,
Procurement Management, Payroll, PSA and BACS solutions.

Foundation Systems is a Systems Union Principal Channel Partner and in March
2002 it was presented with the SunSystems 5 "Channel Partner of the Year" Award
and in May 2002 it became the first fully accredited Solutions Partner for
SunSystems PSA.




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