AGM Statement

ITIS Holdings PLC 13 September 2001 ITIS Holdings PLC Annual General Meeting Thursday, 13 September 2001 Sir Trevor Chinn, Chairman of ITIS Holdings included the following update in his speech at the company's AGM today. 'At present ITIS Holdings derives the majority of its revenues from the sale of NavTrak units and subscriptions, although this will change during the course of next year as the number of RDS-TMC contracts increase and vehicle manufacturer demand for our services grows. In July we ceased subsidising the NavTrak unit in order to focus on developing services with manufacturers. We continue to sell NavTrak but not to subsidise the box and are encouraged that sales have held up better than anticipated and we intend to build upon this whilst controlling costs. Our Floating Vehicle Data network is ahead of schedule due to the successful acquisition of probe vehicles. We are pleased to announce that, in addition to our contract with National Express, we are now installing units for FVD across the entire Eddie Stobart fleet comprising some 750 vehicles. These vehicles travel over 100 million miles in total each year and will significantly enhance the quality of our data. We are also in negotiation with similar organisations and are delighted with the industry's response to our initiative. Some of the companies from which we are collecting data have a requirement for vehicle management information (VMI) and ITIS has reached agreement with Minorplanet to resell its market leading VMI software. This has the further benefit to ITIS of generating revenues to offset the costs of developing and operating the FVD network. We remain confident that during the current financial year ITIS will achieve revenue growth as manufacturer demand for in-vehicle services continues to emerge. ITIS' services are now well known and are highly regarded by vehicle manufacturers as is evidenced by the recent contract wins. We announced on Monday, 10 September 2001 a further contract success, for our RDS-TMC service with VDO, which is the market leader for in-car navigation systems. Under this agreement with ITIS, customers will be offered the opportunity to buy an enhanced CD ROM which is coded in such a way that enables the RDS-TMC service to be received. This enhanced CD ROM will also be available to VDO's extensive existing aftermarket base of 50,000 customers. VDO also supplies factory fit navigation equipment to motor manufacturers including BMW, Land Rover, Renault and Peugeot. We announced at the publication of the 2001 Final Results on 28thJune, that ITIS were in advanced negotiations with a major vehicle manufacturer to provide a range of services. Following the announcement, the manufacturer significantly extended the scope of its requirement, which has delayed the award of the contract. ITIS will make a further announcement once the negotiations have reached a satisfactory conclusion. We are pleased with the progress the company has made since flotation and are confident that our strategy will build value for our investors.' Enquiries ITIS Holdings Tel - 0161 929 5788 Stuart Marks, Chief Executive Citigate Dewe Rogerson Tel - 020 7282 2945 Ginny Pulbrook Charles Vivian
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