BDI.L Regulatory News (BDI)

For Immediate Release 15 May 2013

Bond International Software plc

("Bond" or "the Company")

Contract Win

ACADEMIC WORK SIGNS CONTRACT WORTH IN EXCESS OF £1M WITH BOND INTERNATIONAL SOFTWARE FOR DEDICATED BOND ADAPT CONFIGURATION TEAM

 Bond Adapt configuration team will provide agile support to Academic Work, ensuring efficiency and supporting company growth

Bond International Software plc, the specialist provider of software for the international recruitment and human resources industries, is pleased to announce it has won a contract worth in excess of £1M with Academic Work, a temping agency specialising in Young Professionals in the Nordics

The agreement includes a dedicated Bond Adapt configuration team who will manage the specialist portfolio of recruitment applications required by Academic Work to advance their current and future recruitment software needs. The team will ensure that the applications fit with its growing business structure and further expand the working relationship between the two organisations.

The dedicated Bond Adapt team will have the ability to immediately incorporate bespoke amends and individually tailor the Bond Adapt software managing all system updates directly, which will result in the recruitment process being as fast, agile and efficient as possible.

Daniel Wrangsjö, Project Manager of Academic Work, commented:

 "We are now able to manage any bespoke requirements of the software as and when we need them - this provides us with greater control of how our software performs for us as a business and enables the Bond Adapt team to support the high ambitions which we have for the future our business plans for expansion.

We have worked closely with Bond International Software over a long period of time and find the flexibility of the dedicated configuration team a real asset. This contract further strengthens our working relationship with Bond International Software."

ENDS

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About Bond International Software and Bond Adapt www.bondadapt.com 

London stock-market listed Bond International Software has been a global provider of Recruitment, HR and Payroll software & services for nearly 40 years.

Bond is one of the largest, and most established, global specialists in staffing software for recruitment agencies worldwide and is a rapidly growing provider of web-based e-recruitment and talent acquisition software to the corporate market. Bond also provides established HR and payroll outsourcing services and software directly to both the public and private sectors.

Established in 1973 and listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1997, the company has consistently achieved financial growth and maximised investment in the development of technology and service provided to its international client base.

Bond has developed and innovated products and services that have become industry standards. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, the Group also has offices in the United States, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Peru, Japan, Singapore China and Hong Kong - with a global team of nearly 500 employees, 3500 customers and over 100,000 users.

Bond Adapt is a specialist portfolio of recruitment software applications which has earned Bond the reputation for enhancing business growth and profitability throughout the global staffing industry.

Bond Adapt customers include some of the largest recruitment agencies in the world and a large number of private sector organisations, including: Adecco, Hays, Michael Page and Manpower.

About Academic Work 

 Academic Work helps Nordic-based companies reach university students and young professionals for short time assignments, as well as full time employment. Established in Sweden in 1998, the company now boasts an impressive €120 million annual turnover. It places over 16,000 candidates per year and is predicting doubling its turnover and headcount over the next two years as it expands into new territories.