ABR Information Services Inc. announces plans to expand facilities to accommodate growth.

PALM HARBOR, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 1995--ABR Information Services Inc. (NASDAQ:ABRX) has unveiled plans to relocate certain of its operations to new facilities over the next two years.

ABR currently leases 55,000 square feet in a facility located in Palm Harbor. The company is planning to expand its facilities beyond the current location to accommodate future growth.

ABR has entered into an agreement to purchase a 110,000 square foot facility situated on 12.7 acres of land in Palm Harbor for $3.4 million. The facility, which was the former COSTCO building located on U.S. Highway 19, is slated to be converted for office use over the next two years (the conversion cost of which has not been finalized).

The agreement is contingent upon the approval of government authorities that certain needed improvements in accessibility will be provided and other customary conditions. If the contingency is met, the building will be converted into a facility for the expansion of ABR's Applied Benefits Research Inc. and CobraServ operations. The facility is expected to have the ability to accommodate up to 600 employees.

ABR anticipates that the new facility will not fully accommodate all of its long-term needs, and is therefore doing some preliminary investigation of other sites for long-term future needs.

As part of its expansion plan, ABR has also leased 12,000 square feet of office space in nearby Clearwater, Fla. to meet short term needs, and will relocate certain of its operations there effective Dec. 1, 1995.

ABR is one of the nation's leading providers of employee benefits administration services. The CobraServ division of its Applied Benefits Research Inc. subsidiary is the nation's largest COBRA compliance service bureau, providing COBRA administration services to more than 19,000 employers nationwide.

CONTACT: ABR Information Services Inc., Palm Harbor

Vincent Addonisio, 813/785-2819