EDF Energy Contract Extension

RNS Number : 3611U

Spice PLC

14 October 2010

 



14 October 2010

Spice plc ("Spice")

EDF Energy Contract Extension

Spice plc, the leading provider of Outsourced Utility Support Services, is pleased to announce that Freedom, its Electricity business in its Distribution Division, has extended its contract with EDF Energy for the Maintenance of Building and Civil Assets. The extended contract runs to the end of 2015.

Martin Towers, Chief Executive of Spice plc, said:

"We have an important, long standing partnership with EDF Energy, and we are delighted to have extended this contract.  This is excellent news, built upon our exceptional service delivery and technical skills base, and follows the extension of our Major Substation Projects and Overhead Line Works contracts with EDF Energy announced in July 2010.

"This extension adds an additional level of certainty to future work flows within the Group's Distribution Division, in a market with strong regulatory and environmental drivers."

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Enquiries:

Spice plc Martin Towers, Chief Executive Oliver Lightowlers, Group Finance Director	Tel:  [phone]
Financial Dynamics Billy Clegg Caroline Stewart	Tel: [phone]
KBC Peel Hunt Broker Julian Blunt Simon Brown	Tel: [phone]
Hawkpoint Financial Adviser Christopher Kemball Chris Robinson Serge Rissi	Tel: [phone]

NOTES TO EDITORS

Spice plc

Spice is a provider of infrastructure support services to the Utilities sector. The Group's operations were founded in 1996 and have their origins in the electricity industry, though the range of activities has since been expanded into the water and energy sectors. Spice's businesses have a common theme of delivering and co-ordinating infrastructure support services to customers, and the white collar element within the service mix has been built up significantly over recent years.

 

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