Period-end trading update

Petards Group PLC
20 February 2006

                 Petards Group plc ('Petards' or 'the Company')

                         Period-end trading update

Period-end trading update

Petards, the AIM quoted developer of advanced surveillance systems, provides the
following update to progress in respect of the year ended 31 December 2005.

Financials

We expect to report a full year operating profit and a pre-tax loss broadly in
line with market expectations.

Siemens N.V. and UVMSTM

Petards' UVMS(TM) software has become the first Network Video Recording software
to be approved by Siemens N.V. (Belgium) for operation with its unique Open
Transport Network ('OTN') solution.  Following this approval, Siemens N.V., will
market the UVMS(TM) software together with its OTN solution in its target 
segments such as the oil, gas, rail, metro, and airport markets.  This will 
enable Siemens OTN to offer leading network video recording and storage 
management software to its extensive worldwide customer base.

Contract award

The Group has added to its success in the UK rail CCTV market by securing a
£1.8m contract with Arriva Trains Wales.  The contract is for the supply of
Petards' eyeTrain(TM) Digital CCTV System that will be fitted to approximately 
250 vehicles over the next 15 months.

For further information:

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Andy Wonnacott, Finance Director       Paul McManus
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www.petardsplc.net                     Peter Binns
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Editor's Notes

UVMS(TM) (The Universal Video Management System) features advanced recording,
camera mapping & image replay functions making it the leading NVR on the market.
Fully scaleable, it will form the robust backbone for any new or existing CCTV
system. It's ability to expand with clients security requirements ensures the
CCTV systems have unlimited ability to expand in the future whilst working over
a variety of network protocols.





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