Tender win

Plexus Holdings Plc 20 January 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 20th January 2006 Plexus Holdings plc (Plexus or 'the Company') Tender Win Plexus Holdings plc, the owner of the proprietary POS-GRIPTM method of wellhead engineering, is pleased to announce that it has won its first major tender in Egypt to supply wellhead equipment on a rental basis to BP Egypt for a High Pressure/High Temperature (HP/HT) exploration drilling programme which is due to commence October 2006. The tender is subject to completion of relevant contract terms, and is estimated to generate sales in excess of £750,000 starting October 2006 for completion within 12 months. The use of POS-GRIPTM technology on rental wellheads offers an excellent opportunity for Plexus to introduce its revolutionary method of wellhead engineering into the region where the emphasis in the future is expected to be on high-pressure applications, not only for rental exploration wellheads but in due course for production wellheads. This market breakthrough and the selection of POSGRIPTM technology is anticipated by the Directors to encourage a number of other operators to follow BP's lead. In anticipation of the growth prospects in the region Plexus is in the process of establishing a sales and marketing presence in Cairo to operate alongside it's local representative. By allocating resource directly to the local market in this way, Plexus will be able to interact more effectively with the local operating companies and management believe that a combination of a competent performance of this project and having a local presence will generate further sales opportunities in the future. Plexus' CEO, Ben van Bilderbeek, commented: 'I am delighted with this new opportunity for our POS-GRIP rental wellheads in Egypt which we estimate will generate in excess of £750,000 of sales from October 2006. Plexus has plans to expand its reach into new markets and the high pressure/high temperature drilling prospects developing offshore Egypt are an ideal target for our unique technology. I expect this early contract with BP to act as a catalyst for additional business in Egypt and the Middle East in general and we look forward to executing this challenging assignment.' For further details please contact: Plexus Holdings plc Tel: +44 (0)20 7589 8555 Bernard van Bilderbeek, Chief Executive Graham Stevens, Finance Director Buchanan Communications Tel: +44 (0)20 7466 5000 Tim Thompson Notes to Editors The Plexus Group is an established oil and gas engineering, and service business based in Aberdeen, with an office in London and a presence in Houston, Texas through PDT. The Plexus Group has developed and patented a method of engineering for oil and gas field wellheads and connectors, named POS GRIPTM, which involves deforming one tubular member against another to effect gripping and sealing. Plexus was admitted to trading on AIM in December 2005 when it raised approximately £10m of new funds for the Company. POS-GRIPTM wellhead systems have been used in more than 60 oil and gas wells to date by international customers and end users including, ConocoPhillips, BHP Billiton, Talisman Energy, Tullow Oil, Global Santa Fe, Gaz de France and Wintershall. In February 2004, BP contracted to purchase POS-GRIPTM gas platform production wellhead systems for the US$4.1 billion Shah Deniz development, one of the major gas fields in the Caspian Sea. Between 2005 and the end of 2008, the Directors estimate that this relationship has and will generate revenues in excess of £6.5 million for the Group. The Directors believe that the raising of the Company's corporate profile following its recent Admission to AIM in December will accelerate the roll out of POS-GRIPTM technology as a superior alternative to current wellhead technology, and which has particular advantages in High Pressure/High temperature (HP/HT) oil and gas environments for which there is increasing demand throughout the world. The Company's long term goal is to develop POS-GRIPTM technology as the future industry standard for wellhead design. This objective includes the distribution of POS-GRIPTM technology through licensees to maximise market penetration. The Directors believe that the Plexus Group can over time become a member of the 'first tier' of global wellhead systems suppliers. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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