Re Contract

26 August 2009

                            PipeHawk Plc
                    ("Pipehawk" or the "Company")

                       Award of major contract

The Company is pleased to announce that QM Systems has been awarded a
major contract  with  a key  rail  industry manufacturer  to  design,
manufacture and install  a new generation  of automated test  systems
for testing safety critical components.

The  contract  will  provide   leading  edge  solutions  to   testing
electro-pneumatic products and  enables QM Systems  to capitalise  on
its in-house software, electronics and mechanical skills allowing  it
to offer a wide range of services across many industrial disciplines.

The project is worth  several hundred thousand pounds  and is due  to
start at the  beginning September  2009 with  completion planned  for
January 2010.

QM Systems' ability to deliver innovative solutions that are cost and
time effective  and turnkey  in nature  is a  key reason  behind  its
continued success in business growth.

Gordon Watt, Chairman of PipeHawk  commented: "This contract marks  a
key step  in  the  development  of QM  Systems  as  a  multi-industry
provider of Automation, Assembly and  Test equipment. QM Systems  has
capitalised on its key strengths to secure this first major  contract
within the  rail sector.  This demonstrates  QM Systems'  ability  to
offer turnkey, competitive and innovative solutions in what continues
to be challenging economic times"

Enquiries:


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| PipeHawk Plc                                      | 01420 590 990 |
| Gordon Watt (Chairman)                            |               |
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| John East & Partners Limited, a subsidiary of     | 020 7628 2200 |
| Merchant Securities Plc                           |               |
| David Worlidge                                    |               |
| Simon Clements                                    |               |
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