(Source: Business Wire)

Unisys Corporation (NYSE:UIS) today announced that its UK joint venture
subsidiary Intelligent Processing Solutions Limited (iPSL) has signed
five-year outsourcing contract extensions with Lloyds TSB, Barclays and
HSBC. The aggregate value of the contract extensions is estimated to be
more than £UK315 million ($US500 million).
Established in 2000, iPSL provides outsourced cheque and credit clearing
services for major banks in the UK. Lloyds TSB, Barclays and HSBC are
all shareholders in the joint venture, along with majority shareholder
Unisys.
iPSL provides large-scale, secure outsourcing services across the UK
banking sector, including all aspects of cheque processing, image
archive and retrieval, "lock-box" services, reconciliation and other
related back-office functions.
Royston Hoggarth, chairman of iPSL, said, "By using a centralised,
shared-services model that delivers significant economies of scale, iPSL
enables our client banks to process payments with greater
cost-efficiency than they could achieve individually. iPSL's combination
of secure infrastructure and banking processes positions it well in
coming years to help client banks in other closely related markets such
as Account Servicing, including Imaging and Archiving and Regulatory
Support."
Rob Chapman, vice president and managing director, UK, Middle East and
Africa, Unisys, added: "iPSL plays an important role in today's UK
economy. By providing a fully integrated, end-to-end service, it frees
banks to focus on developing and delivering more financial products and
banking services that provide better overall value to their customers."
About Unisys
Unisys is a worldwide information technology company. We provide a
portfolio of IT services, software, and technology that solves critical
problems for clients. We specialize in helping clients secure their
operations, increase the efficiency and utilization of their data
centers, enhance support to their end users and constituents, and
modernize their enterprise applications. To provide these services and
solutions, we bring together offerings and capabilities in outsourcing
services, systems integration and consulting services, infrastructure
services, maintenance services, and high-end server technology. With
more than 26,000 employees, Unisys serves commercial organizations and
government agencies throughout the world. For more information, visit www.unisys.com.
About iPSL
Intelligent Processing Solutions Ltd (iPSL) is a business process
outsourcing (BPO) joint venture between Unisys, Barclays, HSBC and
Lloyds TSB. As the Onshore End of OutsourcingTM,
the company provides a variety of secure financial services back office
support services in the U.K. and is the leading cheque processer. iPSL
has the ability to operate efficiently and effectively across diverse
technology platforms and client operating models to provide clearing
services, including fraud detection and account services such as
mailrooms, scanning & imaging, mandates management, refund of charges,
onshore helpdesks and reconciliations management. For more information,
visit www.ipsl.co.uk.
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particular, statements in this release regarding the anticipated value
of the contracts are based upon assumptions regarding future volumes of
services to be provided and the performance of the contracts continuing
for their full term. Because service fees payable by the banks under the
outsourcing agreements with iPSL are largely based on the volumes of
services performed by iPSL, and because the contracts are terminable
before the end of their term, the estimated value of the contracts is
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