Re PFI Contract

TEG Group (The) PLC 29 January 2007 For release 8:30am 29 January 2007 The TEG GROUP PLC (TEG) ('TEG' or 'the Company') TEG Preferred Bidder in Greater Manchester to Build 4 Composting Plants TEG's Largest Order in its History The TEG Group Plc ('TEG' or 'the Company'), the AIM-listed cutting edge green technology company, which converts organic wastes into natural organic fertiliser, announces it is a principal sub-contractor to the Viridor-Laing consortium that has been awarded preferred bidder status for the Greater Manchester Waste PFI contract. TEG is the exclusive supplier of In Vessel Composting ('IVC') technology to the consortium. Assuming the consortium achieves expected financial closure TEG will receive an order to supply all the IVC capacity in the Greater Manchester region. TEG is expected to build 4 plants as part of the consortium, over the period from 2007 to 2010. The combined capacity of the plants will be 180,000 tonnes per annum, producing 125,000 tonnes of compost product per annum. The plants will all process green waste and kitchen waste collected from households in the Greater Manchester region. Depending upon the final scope of supply, the total value of the construction projects to TEG will be up to £35m over the period 2007 to 2010. The PFI contract is the largest waste management contract offered to date in Europe. Total capital investment will be in excess of £300m and the overall contract value is projected to be £3bn. In addition to composting, the scope of supply for the consortium includes anaerobic digestion, mechanical biological treatment, material recycling facilities and waste transfer operations. Costain Limited has been retained to manage the construction projects on behalf of the consortium and will be TEG's immediate customer. It is anticipated that financial closure will be achieved by June 2007. Contracts will become binding at that point. Commenting for TEG, Chief Executive Mick Fishwick said 'we are absolutely thrilled to be part of the consortium that has won such a landmark contract and we are looking forward to working with companies with the prestige of Viridor, Laing and Costain. This is a major achievement for TEG; to be part of such a huge contract is a tremendous leap forward for us and it establishes us once and for all as one of the leaders in the composting and recycling sector. Quite apart from the contracts, worth up to £35m over 2 to 3 years, this is also a huge endorsement for the TEG technology and our ability to deliver major projects.' 'Greater Manchester Waste has a tremendous vision for waste management in the region and as a local company TEG is proud to be a part of it. We look forward to 'going live' later in the year'. ENDS Contact: The TEG Group Plc Tel: 01772 314100 Michael Fishwick, Chief Executive Adventis Financial PR Tel: 020 7034 4760 / 020 7034 4758 Peter Binns/ Tarquin Edwards 07768 392 582 / 07879 458 364 Cannacord Adams (Nomad) Tel : 020 7050 6742 Chris Bowman Editor's Notes: TEG provides an in-vessel composting technology, which is one of the few approved technologies capable of treating animal by-product (ABP) waste. Plant economics are predominantly driven by the gate fees charged, rather than the value of the end product (compost). The TEG process is an economic alternative to landfill. The Silo Cage system, one of the few technologies in Europe capable of treating this waste, is a natural process producing compost as an end product, used as an excellent soil conditioner that fertilises, retains moisture, provides structure and reduces the incidence of plant disease. TEG's Silo-Cages are housed in self-contained buildings, are not unsightly and are environmentally friendly. Customers include local authorities, waste management companies, food processors, farmers and landowners. The Company's expanding market is driven by increasingly stringent EU and UK legislation regulating the treatment and disposal of organic waste. Statutory targets for the diversion of waste from landfill increase annually through to 2020, increasing TEG's market opportunity year on year. The Waste Resource Action Programme estimates that 450 composting plants will be needed by 2020 to satisfy local authority requirements alone, and there is increasing demand from the private sector driven by ABP legislation. NOFCO is a marketing company specialising in the development of end markets for compost products, an important aspect of all plant developments and key to local authority development. The company has an expertise in the development of agricultural and horticultural markets and this capability is to be provided to customers to enhance TEG's overall service offering. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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