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Sema Group and SAP Announce Strategic Global
                   Alliance to

                   Deliver Integrated Solutions for the Passenger Transport Industry

                   Business/Technology Editors

                   PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 2, 2000--Sema Group (Nasdaq: SEMA), a
                   world leading IT and business services company, and SAP, the leading provider
                   of inter-enterprise software solutions, announced today that they have formed a
                   strategic global alliance to provide leading edge software solutions for the
                   passenger transit industry.

                   The first output of the alliance is a unique industry solution that is highly tailored
                   by Sema Group to mirror and support the existing processes of the urban
                   passenger transit industry. Sema Group is also developing new functionality on
                   the SAP R/3 platform to further enhance the offering to this market. Sema Group
                   already supports over 60% of the UK bus market and the new product will open
                   significant opportunities in the wider international passenger transit market. The
                   solutions will be available from September 2000.

                   Frank Jones, Executive Vice President of Sema Group, commented, "Sema
                   Group is delighted to have formed this alliance with SAP as it consolidates our
                   position as the leading supplier of integrated solutions for the international transit
                   market. Our customers are increasingly involved in international mergers and
                   acquisitions and these solutions will assist the integration, consolidation and
                   streamlining of these organizations to create strong profitable, growth
                   businesses."

                   Werner Sommer, Vice President of the SAP Service Provider Industry Business
                   Unit, said, "SAP has a strategic and established presence for the passenger
                   transit industry. This strategic alliance with Sema Group will strengthen our
                   offering and further demonstrate our commitment to support our passenger transit
                   customers and their efforts to manage future business growth."

                   Benefits

                   The partnership combines Sema Group's extensive experience and in-depth
                   expertise in working with operators in passenger transit with SAP's market
                   leading knowledge of developing inter-enterprise software solutions.

                   In addition, Sema Group brings worldwide systems integration capabilities to the
                   partnership. This will enable the end solutions to fully integrate the separate
                   divisions within a transit operators' business including support for engineering,
                   depot operations, financial and commercial activities, e-business and
                   management information.

                   About Sema Group

                   Sema Group, is one of the world's leading IT and business service companies.
                   The Group's 1999 turnover was (pound)1.41 billion, showing a 20 percent
                   increase when compared with the 1998 full results. Turnover has more than
                   doubled over the past five years. The Group has 22,000 staff working across 160
                   sites worldwide. www.semagroup.com

                   About SAP

                   As the market leader of inter-enterprise software solutions, SAP is leveraging its
                   strength in industry-focused business software and the world's largest enterprise
                   software customer base to deliver mySAP.com. MySAP.com provides an open
                   collaborative business environment of personalized solutions on demand. This
                   enables companies of all sizes and industries to fully engage their employees,
                   customers and partners to capitalize upon the new Internet economy.
                   MySAP.com allows people to harness the power of the Internet to work smarter,
                   better and faster by optimizing supply chains, managing strategic relationships,
                   reducing time to market, sharing virtual information, and increasing productivity
                   and shareholder value. SAP is listed on several stock exchanges including the
                   Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol "SAP". The SAP World
                   Wide Web site can be found at http://www.sap.com