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RNS Number : 1620S

WANdisco Plc

19 December 2016

 

For immediate release

19 December 2016

 

WANdisco plc

("WANdisco" or the "Company")

 

Significant customer win

 

WANdisco Fusion secures major new customer through IBM partnership

 

WANdisco (LSE: WAND), the leading provider of continuous availability software for global enterprises to meet the challenges of Big Data, is pleased to announce that through its OEM sales partnership with IBM, the Company has secured a significant contract win with a major automotive multinational. The agreement will see IBM deploy the Company's patented cloud solution, WANdisco Fusion, rebranded as IBM Big Replicate, direct to the customer. The agreement is valued at approximately $1m in royalties to be paid to WANdisco.

 

WANdisco Fusion, will be used to ensure customer data is moved seamlessly between data centers and the cloud. It is imperative this is done without any downtime or disruption, and WANdisco Fusion is the only solution capable of delivering this with continuously changing large data sets as the customer moves to self-driving cars, following a major trend transforming the automotive industry.  

 

This deal follows a smaller order with a major European bank that IBM closed on behalf of WANdisco through the OEM sales partnership in Q3 this year, after finalising  the OEM deal in April 2016. In addition, WANdisco has now completed joint product development and has trained over 5,000 quota carrying IBM reps, demonstrating the true scale of this partnership.

 

David Richards, Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chairman of WANdisco, commented:

 

"This is an extremely important contract win for WANdisco which demonstrates our OEM partnership with IBM is capable of delivering significant value for our business. This agreement has been secured on the basis that WANdisco Fusion was the only solution that could ensure complete data consistency without any downtime – which continues to distinguish us from our competitors.

 

"Both WANdisco and IBM continue to develop a significant pipeline of new business opportunities."

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

WANdisco plc	via Vigo Communications
David Richards, Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chairman
Erik Miller, Chief Financial Officer
Vigo Communications	+44 (0)207 830 9700
Jeremy Garcia / Fiona Henson / Antonia Pollock www.vigocomms.com
Stifel (Joint Broker and Nomad)	+44 (0)207 710 7600
David Arch / Fred Walsh / Neil Shah
UBS (Joint Broker) Rahul Luthra / Sandip Dhillon	+44 (0)207 567 8000

 

About WANdisco

WANdisco (LSE: WAND) is the world leader in Active Transactional Data Replication™. Its patented technology provides continuous consistent access to changing data anytime and anywhere with no downtime and no disruption. WANdisco's patented technology serves crucial high availability (HA) requirements, including migration to cloud, Hadoop Big Data and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Subversion, Git and Gerrit.  

 

WANdisco works directly with Fortune 1000 companies around the world and in all sectors to ensure their data, whether it is on-premise or in the cloud, gives them the real insight they need. WANdisco has an OEM with IBM and is also partnered with Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Google Cloud Platform, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Microsoft Azure and Oracle to resell its patented technology. WANdisco is committed to the ODPi Interoperable Compliance Program to ensure its products are interoperable across a wider range of commercial Apache™ Hadoop® Platforms.

 

For additional information, please visit www.wandisco.com.

 

 

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Neville Registrars is delighted to welcome Al Rayan Bank PLC as the newest addtion to its list of client companies.

Al Rayan Bank is the UK’s only wholly Sharia compliant retail bank. Islamic banking operates without the use of interest and is founded on Islamic finance principles derived from trade, entrepreneurship and risk-sharing.

Further information can be found on the Company's website: https://www.alrayanbank.co.uk/

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Plant Health Care PLC

14 December 2016

 

PLANT HEALTH CARE PLC

 

("Plant Health Care", "PHC" or the "Company")

 

New Commercial Distribution Agreements

Plant Health Care® (AIM: PHC), a leading provider of novel patent-protected biological products to global agriculture markets, is pleased to announce four new commercial distribution arrangements, which together represent important progress in driving sales growth in 2017 and beyond.

 

– Plant Health Care has reached agreement with Talc U.S.A. to launch Inceptive™, a novel product containing PHC's patented Harpin™ 𝜶β technology, which will be mixed with a Talc U.S.A. seed lubricant for corn seed treatment in the USA.  Inceptive has been shown in replicated trials to bring substantial benefits on corn such as improved vigour, heightened defense responses and increased yield.  This agreement will provide PHC with additional access to the 90 million acre corn market in the USA.

 

– Plant Health Care conducted a product demonstration programme, in conjunction with the Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association, to promote the use of PHC's Employ® product (containing PHC's patented Harpin 𝜶β technology), aimed at reducing the impact of fruit drop in the presence of citrus greening, caused by the Huang Long Bing (HLB) bacterium.  This disease has caused devastating damage in citrus in Florida over the last four years, with up to 80% of trees across the state reported as affected.  Use of Employ has been shown in replicated trials to reduce losses by more than 10% in the presence of citrus trees infected by HLB.  Based on these encouraging results, PHC will be distributing Employ in Florida directly with regional distributors. 

 

– Plant Health Care has reached agreement with EDAF Unipessoal LDA, to distribute Plant Health Care's proprietary ProAct® and Myconate® products in Portugal. 

 

– Plant Health Care continues to build on its recent success in South Africa with its Harpin 𝜶β and Myconate products and is now preparing to expand distribution to 23 countries in sub-Saharan Africa through its distribution agreement with DuxAgri (Pty) Ltd.  Plant Health Care is creating significant momentum in the region by concentrating sales to higher value crops, such as sugar cane, vegetables, citrus, pears and macadamia nuts which all receive multiple product applications per year.

 

Dr Chris Richards, Executive Chairman and Interim CEO of Plant Health Care, commented: "Over the last three years, we have steadily built compelling evidence of the efficacy of products based on the Company's patented Harpin technology.  The distribution arrangements announced today reflect further progress in developing sales of the product in significant markets.  We expect that these agreements, together with other projects in progress, will drive strong sales growth of products based on Harpin over the coming years."

 

Enquiries:

 

Plant Health Care plc
Dr Chris Richards, Executive Chairman and Interim CEO
Tel: +44 1837 880083

 

Liberum Capital – Nomad and Broker
Clayton Bush / Chris Clarke
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3100 2000

Company website: www.planthealthcare.com

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Fitbug Holdings PLC

13 December 2016

 

  

Fitbug Holdings Plc / Epic: FITB.L / Index: AIM / Sector: Leisure

 

RNS Reach announcement:

 

Sally Gunnell and Fitbug Corporate Wellness Partnership

 

London, U.K., 13 December 2016 – Fitbug Holdings Plc (FITB), the AIM quoted provider of digital wellness for corporate organisations, today announces a strategic partnership with Olympic gold medallist Sally Gunnell, OBE, to help promote and expand its digital wellness offering to businesses in the UK.

 

Drawing on her professional athletic career, Sally Gunnell and her team of experts have designed a bespoke, highly engaging workplace wellbeing programme that helps companies tackle health and wellness issues among employees. The partnership combines Sally's programme and Fitbug's scalable digital platform to offer a rich corporate health and wellness proposition and to generate new growth opportunities.  

 

Fitbug CEO Anna Gudmundson says; "Sally Gunnell represents great inspiration for positive change and reaching goals, and her brand reflects 'positive energy', which is our brand essence. The extensive knowledge and experience of Sally and her team, together with our highly scalable, engaging and intelligent platforms allows us to offer a well-balanced programme to companies who are serious about their employee wellbeing goals. "

 

Sally Gunnell comments; "I've worked in the corporate market for many years now and research confirms what I know from experience; happy and healthy people are more productive, engaged and successful. Working with Fitbug allows us to reach a much larger audience, and provide a more powerful programme. That way we can have a bigger impact, and create a lasting health legacy within many organisations."

 

Sally Gunnell remains the only woman ever to hold four major track titles concurrently – Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth.  Following her retirement from international athletics, Sally developed a career as a television presenter and motivational speaker.  She has written four books on fitness, health, self-fulfilment and wellbeing.

 

Fitbug is already being used by global corporations to create a positive culture of health, maximise performance, reduce absenteeism and the risk of chronic illness among employees, and lower insurance premiums. Fitbug uses technology and data intelligence to make their solutions scalable, effective and personalised.  

 

 

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For further information visit http://landing-pages.fitbug.com/sallygunnell or www.fitbugholdings.com 

 

Contact:

Anna Gudmundson / Donald Stewart	Fitbug Holdings Plc	020 7449 1000
Marc Milmo/ Catherine Leftley	Cantor Fitzgerald Europe, Nomad and Joint Broker	020 7894 7000
Claire Louise Noyce / William Lynne / Niall Pearson	Hybridan LLP, Joint Broker	020 3764 2341
Stephanie Forrest	T/F/D, Public Relations	07917 695755

 

About Fitbug®

Fitbug provides digital wellness solutions that empower employers to create a positive culture of health within their organisation. By helping employees to embrace a healthier way of living, Fitbug can help maximise performance, reduce absenteeism, decrease the risk of chronic illness, and lower healthcare costs.

 

The Company's technological edge allows us to address holistic wellness by engaging both individuals and teams through intelligent, personalised interaction and gamification. This is an opportunity to make incremental behavioural changes that will last a lifetime. The progress of individuals translates to actionable data, meaningful reporting and insights that allow the organisation to monitor the impact of the programme and to refine it in order to achieve success.

 

Fitbug's shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM market under ticker FITB.

 

 

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Rare Earth Minerals PLC

13 December 2016

 

Rare Earth Minerals Plc

 

("Rare Earth Minerals", "REM" or "the Company")

 

Battery Grade Lithium Carbonate produced from the Cinovec Lithium Project

 

Rare Earth Mineral Plc (AIM/ISDX: REM; OTC: REMMY) is pleased to report that >99.5% pure lithium carbonate has been manufactured from the Cinovec mica-concentrate using an industry proven sodium sulphate roast-based flow-sheet.

 

REM holds a 20.76% economic interest in Cinovec, via its interest in European Metals Holdings Limited ("EMH"). Cinovec contains the largest lithium resource in Europe and one of the largest undeveloped tin resources in the world.

The roasting flow-sheet reflects a simplified version of the well-proven technology currently employed by a number of operating lithium carbonate plants around the world to convert spodumene concentrate to lithium carbonate.

The full EMH release is available at: http://europeanmet.com/assets/AIM__-_13_Dec_2016_-_Lithium_Carbonate.pdf .

Highlights from the EMH release:

·     Production of >99.5% lithium carbonate

·     Roast recoveries of 87% achieved

·     Key roasting reagent is recycled back to the roast, lowering process costs

·     Minimal leaching of unwanted impurities, resulting in simpler precipitation of battery grade lithium carbonate

·     Commencing production of lithium carbonate samples for potential offtaker and end user testing.

Kiran Morzaria, the Chief Executive Officer of REM, commented:

 

"We are extremely pleased with the progress being made at Cinovec. The production of battery grade lithium from a well established process route, is a significant milestone in the commercialisation of the largest lithium deposit in Europe."

 

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For further information, please contact: 

Rare Earth Minerals plc

Andrew Suckling                                                                                                                           +44 (0) 207 440 0647

Kiran Morzaria                                                                                                                 

 

WH Ireland Limited (NOMAD & Broker)                                                                             +44 (0) 207 220 1666

James Joyce

James Bavister

 

Square1 Consulting                                                                                                                     +44 (0) 207 929 5599

David Bick

Brian Alexander

 

About Rare Earth Minerals

Rare Earth Minerals invests across the globe, principally in lithium mining projects. Its primary strategy is take significant economic stakes in upstream exploration and development assets within strategic metals. We identify assets that have strategic cost advantages that are not replicable, with the aim of achieving lower quartile production costs. The combination of this approach and seeking value opportunities allows us to identify projects capable of achieving high rates of return.

The Rare Earth Minerals board has a blend of mining, commodity investing, fund management and deal structuring knowledge and experience, that is supported by access to key marketing, political and industry contacts. These resources are leveraged not only in our investment decisions but also in continuing support of our investments, whether it be increasing market awareness of an asset, or advising on product mix or path to production. REM's goal is to assist management to rapidly develop the project up the value curve and deliver excellent returns on its investments.

Rare Earth Minerals are major shareholders of the Sonora Lithium Project in northern Mexico and the Cinovec Lithium and Tin Project in the Czech Republic. Rare Earth Minerals portfolio also includes significant lithium-based investments the USA and Australia. The Mexican and Czech deposits have published Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resources of 11.3 million tonnes of Lithium Carbonate Equivalent.

 

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EU Supply PLC

08 December 2016

 

8 December 2016

EU Supply plc

("EU Supply", the "Company" or the "Group")

 

Distribution Agreement in Germany

 

EU Supply (LSE AIM: EUSP), the e-procurement software provider, is pleased to announce that the Group has signed a distribution agreement (the "Distribution Agreement") with T-Systems Multimedia Solutions GmbH ("T-Systems") for distribution of services using its CTM™ platform. T-Systems is a subsidiary of information and communication technology provider, T-Systems International GmbH, which has around 46,000 employees and a footprint in more than 20 countries, and is part of the Deutsche Telekom AG group.

 

The Company and T-Systems will work together to sell EU Supply's CTM™ platform services into the German market in both the private and the public sectors ahead of the 2018 e-submission deadline pursuant to the 2014 EU Procurement Directives. T-Systems will distribute the CTM™ platform's services in the German market and provide local support and implementation services while EU Supply will provide the SaaS platform and back end support.

 

The Board expects the Distribution Agreement to contribute to the Group's revenues commencing in 2017 and to make a significant contribution in 2018 and beyond.  

 

Commenting on the agreement, Thomas Beergrehn, CEO of EU Supply, said:

"I am delighted that we have signed this distribution agreement with T-Systems, which has been in the pipeline for some time. With T-Systems' large footprint in Germany, which is a key market with significant potential, combined with our flexible software, we expect this partnership to generate considerable new business for the Group in 2017 and beyond."

 

Commenting on the agreement, Miroslav Snaidr, Head of Procurement Services of T-Systems, said:

 "Together with EU Supply we are expanding our Procurement Services offering. Our customers will benefit from EU Supply's easily configurable CTM™ platform in combination with the efficiency of T-Systems. I am pleased to have a qualified partner such as EU Supply with whom we can offer an excellent solution adhering to the new EU regulations for our customers in Germany."

 

 

FURTHER ENQUIRIES

EU Supply PLC Tel: 020 7127 4545 Thomas Beergrehn, CEO   Mattias Ström, CFO       Stockdale Securities Tel: 020 7601 6100 Tom Griffiths, David Coaten

 

A copy of this announcement is available at www.eu-supply.com.

 

Notes to Editors

EU Supply is the UK holding company of the EU Supply Group, a Sweden-based e-commerce business, which has an established, market-leading, multilingual e-procurement platform for esourcing, e-tendering and contract management, tailored for the highly regulated European public sector market.

Since 2006, the Group has invested heavily in employing specialist programmers to add functionality, legal compliance as required and security features to its Complete Tender Management™ ("CTM™") platform to ensure that the Group is ideally placed to secure new contracts with EU Member States and their Contracting Authorities. The platform is available in 16 different languages.

The Directors believe that the Group's CTM™ platform is one of the easiest to use and most functionally advanced solutions available in the market. The CTM™ platform is used by over 7,000 European public sector bodies in 9 EU/EEC Member States and has National Procurement System status in four Member States (the UK, Ireland, Norway and Lithuania).

The Company's shares were admitted to trading on AIM in November 2013. In August and September 2015, the Company raised a total of £2.061m (before expenses) through a placing of new shares and the issue of first and second tranches of Convertible Loan Notes to institutional and other investors.

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Croma Security Solutions Group PLC

07 December 2016

 

Croma Security Solutions Group Plc

("CSSG", the "Company" or the "Group")

New Contract Win

 

CSSG, the AIM listed total security services provider, is delighted to announce a three-year contract win with The National Army Museum. This new contract is worth £490,000 per annum to the Company.

Commenting on the contract win and award, Sebastian Morley, Chairman of CSSG, said: 

"This contract win, combined with our contract win with the South Essex NHS Trust announced last week, is another example of our sustained growth in the U.K. Security market. This growth is in the face of hard competition, but CSSG is winning the majority of its opportunities and we think this is testament to our ethos and ex-military offering. We are delighted with this win."

Enquiries:

Croma Security Solutions Group Plc                                                                                                                   07768 006 909

Sebastian Morley (Chairman)

 

WH Ireland                                                                                                                                                            0207 220 1666

(Nominated Adviser and broker)

Paul Shackleton

Nick Prowting

 

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TLA Worldwide PLC

06 December 2016

 

6 December 2016

 

TLA Worldwide plc

("TLA" or "the Group")

 

TLA Worldwide Creates New Agency for Commercial Exploitation of Sports Rights

 

Industry experts, Simon Thomas and Andrew Guy to head up new sports marketing business

 

TLA Worldwide plc (AIM: TLA), a leading athlete representation and sports marketing business, is pleased to announce the creation of a new independent sports marketing business, Talisman Sports and Media ("Talisman"), in partnership with Mr. Simon Thomas and Mr. Andrew Guy. The newly formed company, Talisman, will focus on the commercial exploitation of existing sports rights within the TLA Group and the development of new opportunities. It will be headquartered in the UK with offices in London and Switzerland. 

 

Thomas and Guy, who were previously engaged in global commercial roles at Fox Sports, are seasoned sports marketing professionals with specific experience in brand building as well as the packaging and sale of media rights in existing or newly created premium sports properties.

 

Prior to his role as Executive Vice President of Global Sport and Content Sales at Fox, Thomas was CEO of TEAM Marketing, the commercial agency responsible for marketing and sales of UEFA club competitions including UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.  Guy, previously Fox's Senior VP of Global Sport, came from a Commercial and Business Affairs role at CAA11, UEFA's agency for the sales of national team competitions where he was involved in the commercialisation and sale of rights to UEFA's national team competitions.  Before that he was Commercial Director at TEAM Marketing.

 

TLA Worldwide is a leading athlete representation, event management and sports marketing group quoted on AIM-LSE in London. In the USA, it was most recently responsible for the successful organisation and promotion of the Ireland vs All Blacks Rugby Union match in Chicago.  TLA will not initially have a shareholding in Talisman but has the option to acquire a majority stake within a five year period from the date of this announcement.

 

Talisman Managing Director, Simon Thomas, said: "The sports marketplace is extremely dynamic right now, reflecting a rapidly changing media environment.  Sports rights are becoming increasingly valuable and rights owners need to understand how they treat those rights to best develop their brands and properties.  TLA is an ambitious organisation with excellent relationships in a variety of sports.  We think it's a good fit for us and we look forward to making this partnership a success."

 

TLA Chairman, Bart Campbell, said: "Taking a stake in the new business is in line with TLA's stated strategy to expand its range of services and geographic presence. Simon and Andrew bring a wealth of quality experience to the organisation and we welcome them to the TLA family and look forward to working with them on a variety of projects. TLA has a strong presence in athlete representation, sponsorships, event creation and development. Working with Simon and Andrew's specialist marketing and media rights expertise will enhance TLA's overall offering and help us pursue new opportunities in tandem, better servicing our clients' needs."

 

 

Enquiries:

 

TLA Worldwide
Bart Campbell, Executive Chairman Michael Principe, Chief Executive Officer	+1 212 645 2141
Numis Securities
Nick Westlake and Oliver Hardy (Nomad)	+44 20 7260 1000
Christopher Wilkinson (Broker)
Luther Pendragon
Harry Chathli, Alexis Gore	+44 20 7618 9100

 

 

About TLA Worldwide

 

TLA Worldwide is a leading athlete representation, event management and sports marketing group quoted on AIM-LSE in London. The Group derives revenues from long-term agency relationships with many prominent U.S. and international sports stars, broadcasters and media personalities associated with major sports including the MLB, NFL, NBA, PGA tour, AFL and Olympians and Cricketers. In addition, it also provides a range of services in respect of media consultancy, sports sponsorship and event creation and ownership, including the International Champions Cup tournament in Australia. With over 170 full-time personnel, TLA Worldwide serves its clients from 10 locations worldwide including its offices in London, UK; New York, Newport Beach and California, USA; Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and Sydney, Australia. For more information, please visit www.tlaworldwide.com.

 

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LightwaveRF PLC

05 December 2016

 

5 December 2016

LightwaveRF plc

(AIM: LWRF)

 

Amazon Alexa and User Connections

 

LightwaveRF plc ("LightwaveRF" or the "Company"), the proprietary IOT and connected devices specialist enabling the remote control and monitoring of light, heat, power and security through just one app is pleased to update the progress with Amazon Alexa. 

 

The response by LightwaveRF customers to the LightwaveRF Alexa Skill has been extremely positive with LightwaveRF achieving a 4.5 star feedback rating on the Amazon Alexa app.  This is significantly higher than any competitor products.  Since the Alexa launch Lightwave's user registrations have been running at double the rate of last year.

 

Through just one app, LightwaveRF can either directly operate its comprehensive range of devices or be further enhanced by powerfully linking to other platforms. Following the launch of Amazon Alexa in late September 2016 the Company quickly integrated its products with Amazon Echo and Dot devices.  The entire LightwaveRF product range can now be controlled by voice.

 

The Company continues to work on other major platform integrations.

 

To be updated on news about LightwaveRF through the weekly newsletter please register through the Company website contact form.

 

 

For further information:

             

Contacts:
LightwaveRF plc	www.lightwaveRF.com
Mike Lord, CEO Kevin Edwards, CFO	+44 (0)  121 250 3625
WH Ireland Limited	www.whirelandplc.com
Mike Coe/Ed Allsopp (Corporate Finance)	+44 (0) 117 945 3470
Jasper Berry (Institutional Sales)	+44 (0) 20 7220 1666

 

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Croma Security Solutions Group PLC

30 November 2016

 

Croma Security Solutions Group Plc

("CSSG", the "Company" or the "Group")

New Contract Win & Award

 

Croma Vigilant, the ex-military security division of CSSG, is delighted to announce a contract win with South Essex NHS Trust for the provision of security services.

Additionally, Croma Vigilant recently won the Training Initiative Of The Year award at the 2016 Security and Fire Excellence Awards for its work within the NHS.

Commenting on the contract win and award, Sebastian Morley, Chairman of CSSG, said: 

"Another contract win with the NHS and the receipt of this award demonstrates our innovation and ability to win business in the challenging public sector. We are setting ourselves apart by challenging convention which is helping us to maintain our impressive organic growth rate."

Enquiries:

Croma Security Solutions Group Plc                                                                                                                   07768 006 909

Sebastian Morley (Chairman)

 

WH Ireland                                                                                                                                                            0207 220 1666

(Nominated Adviser and broker)

Paul Shackleton

Nick Prowting

 

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