Bahrain office & contract win

Pentagon Protection PLC 08 December 2005 For release 08 December 2005 Pentagon Protection Opening of Bahrain Office and Contract Gain Pentagon Protection Plc ('PPR' or 'the Company'), the provider of safety and security products for commercial, architectural and automobile glass, announces it has formally opened its new Regional Office and application facilities in Bahrain. An initial order has already been received by the Bahrain office from a major school for bomb-blast resistant film (consisting of four sites in Bahrain due for completion at an estimated total value of £90,000). Additional recent overseas contract gains in the Middle East totaling £107,000 include the installation of PPR's blast resistant FT800 safety film and anchoring for a major petrochemical company in Egypt, and FT800 film, anchoring and Bullet Proof windows for another petrochemical company in Algiers. PPR is also undertaking further projects totaling £150,000 in Qatar, Uzbekistan, Sudan, Iran and Dubai. Chief Executive Graham Bannerman commented: 'Our regional facility in Bahrain will enable us to deal more effectively with the execution of key contracts and simultaneously assist in winning more business. We are already currently engaged in many significant projects throughout the Middle East, where key organisations are seeking to improve protection for their personnel. Whilst serving both the commercial buildings and automotive sectors in the region, our focus is principally the installation of bomb-blast security films in combination with our new 'anchoring' solutions. It is well known that 90% of all injuries during a terrorist bomb are caused by flying glass. Our bomb-blast protective systems for glazing are designed to protect lives and reduce injuries' ENDS For further information, please contact: Pentagon Protection Plc Graham Bannerman, Chief Executive 020 8749 9749 David Thomas, Chairman 020 8749 9749 Binns & Co PR Ltd T. 020 7153 1487 Ben Knowles M. 07900 346 978 Editors Notes The opening of the Bahrain office is part of PPR's ongoing strategy of expanding worldwide. The company already has operations across the Middle East and Europe, and as was referred to in the announcement on 25 November 2005, Mr Haytham ElZayn, a recently appointed non-executive director based in the US will help PPR to open up significant markets within the United States. Mr ElZayn is President of National Administrative Solutions Corp ('NASC') and he will promote PPR's products through NASC's extensive distribution and commercial network. This will focus on PPR's glazing protection systems for homes and commercial buildings (providing protection against bomb blast and hurricane damage), whilst distributing PPR's film and anchoring products into the wholesale building products market, and PPR's automotive products into the extensive US car retail market. In June 2005 Mr ElZayn acquired 14,322,349 shares in PPR (currently representing 8.6% approx. of the issued share capital). This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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