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CSC Signs $81 Million Agreement With Norway's DnB NOR
New IT Contract Extends 13-year Relationship With Financial Services Group

By: PR Newswire
Mar. 7, 2007 10:00 AM

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., March 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Computer Sciences Corporation announced today that it has renewed its information technology (IT) services agreement with DnB NOR, Norway's largest financial services group. The contract, which has a five-year base period and three one-year options, is valued at approximately $81 million (500 million NOK) if all options are exercised.

Under the agreement, CSC will provide IT support services to two DnB NOR subsidiaries. These include DnB NOR Kort, which provides consumer finance and credit card services, and DnB NOR Finans, which offers real estate and automobile financing. CSC will continue to provide help desk support and mainframe and network services from its data center in Copenhagen. CSC will also provide applications development and maintenance, and financial IT support services, such as credit card processing. The new contract also includes provisions for future work with other parts of DnB NOR.

"After a thorough tender process, we chose CSC based on their strong competence within banking, insurance and finance, combined with their ability to deliver services internationally," said Helge Forfang, DnB NOR Risk Management and IT Group director. "The agreement opens new opportunities to us, and it is exciting to work with an international company like CSC."

"This contract extends CSC's 13-year relationship with DnB NOR," said Pete George, president of CSC's Nordic Region. "We look forward to continuing our work together and to delivering tangible results that help DnB NOR remain at the forefront of Norway's financial services industry."

About DnB NOR

DnB NOR is Norway's largest financial services group with total assets of more than NOK 1,400 billion. The Group includes the strong brands DnB NOR, Vital, Nordlandsbanken, Cresco and Postbanken.

About CSC

Computer Sciences Corporation is a leading global IT services company. CSC's mission is to provide customers in industry and government with solutions crafted to meet their specific challenges and enable them to profit from the advanced use of technology.

With approximately 77,000 employees, CSC provides innovative solutions for customers around the world by applying leading technologies and CSC's own advanced capabilities. These include systems design and integration; IT and business process outsourcing; applications software development; Web and application hosting; and management consulting. Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., CSC reported revenue of $14.7 billion for the 12 months ended Dec. 29, 2006. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.csc.com/.

Computer Sciences Corporation

CONTACT: Janet Herin, Manager, Media Relations, Corporate,
+1-310-615-1693, jherin@csc.com, or Bill Lackey, Director, Investor Relations,
Corporate, +1-310-615-1700, blackey3@csc.com, both of Computer Sciences
Corporation

Web site: http://www.csc.com/

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