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Plexus Holdings Plc 28 March 2008 Plexus Holdings PLC / Index: AIM / Epic: POS / Sector: Oil equipment & services 28 March 2008 Plexus Holdings PLC ('Plexus' or 'the Company') £800,000 Contract with CNR International (U.K) Limited Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business, has reached an agreement with an international oil and gas exploration, development and production company, CNR International (U.K) Limited ('CNR') to supply, subject to completion of relevant contract terms, the Company's proprietary POS-GRIP(R) High Pressure/High Temperature ('HP/HT') exploration rental wellhead system for exploration activities in the North Sea. The value of the contract is estimated at £800,000 pounds sterling, with revenues commencing in the last quarter of 2008. This agreement marks a new working relationship between the two companies, which Plexus hopes to build further upon in the future. Plexus CEO Ben van Bilderbeek said, 'Our continued success in attracting new customers for our proprietary exploration rental wellhead business, has now added CNR as a new customer. We are gaining market share because POS-GRIP technology has been tested to higher standards, is safer to use, and reduces rig time. 'I believe that our current share price does not accurately reflect the returns we are making from our growing rental business, and it would seem that our earnings multiples ignore the underlying potential for our proprietary technology. Plexus is valued as if it were an established technology firm, which has already matured, although, by our own estimates, we only hold a 7.5% share of a niche application, which itself represents in turn about 5% of the overall market for POS-GRIP technology. 'The growing Jack-up fleet, which independent surveyors predict will add, over the next four years, as many as 52 rigs, equipped with BOP's designed to take advantage of our HP/HT technology, offers substantial scope for expansion. 'We however will have to find a better way to articulate that Plexus remains primarily an emerging technology company, which invests a significant percentage of its revenue to fund additional facilities and personnel in support of new product development and R&D. Our remaining target markets represent approximately 95% of the opportunity for our unique technology, and as we enjoy a healthy business model we are well placed to pursue growth, whilst more operators will have the opportunity to use our systems.' For further information please visit www.posgrip.com or contact: Ben van Bilderbeek Plexus Holdings PLC Tel: 020 7589 8555 Graham Stevens Plexus Holdings PLC Tel: 020 7589 8555 Elizabeth Kennedy Brewin Dolphin Tel: 0141 221 7733 Ken Fleming Brewin Dolphin Tel: 0141 221 7733 Felicity Edwards St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Tel: 020 7236 1177 Isabel Crossley St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Tel: 020 7236 1177 Notes Plexus Holdings PLC Plexus, which began trading on AIM in December 2005, is an established oil and gas engineering, and services business based in Aberdeen, with an office in London and a presence in Houston, Texas. It has developed and patented a method of engineering for oil and gas field wellheads and connectors, POS-GRIP, which involves deforming one tubular member against another to effect gripping and sealing. POS-GRIP wellhead systems have to date been used in over 120 oil and gas wells by international companies including BG International, BHP Billiton, BP, Brunei Shell Petroleum, ConocoPhillips, Gaz de France, Global Santa Fe, Maersk, Petro-Canada Trinidad & Tobago, Repsol, Talisman Energy, Tullow Oil, and Wintershall. The Company plans to accelerate the roll out of POS-GRIP technology as a superior alternative to current wellhead technology. It has particular advantages in 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-GRIP technology as the future industry standard for wellhead design. This objective includes the distribution of POS-GRIP technology through licensees to maximise market penetration. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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