Oxford Metrics Regulatory News (OMG)

7 August 2013

OMG plc

("OMG" or the "Group")

OMG's Yotta DCL wins Carillion M40 contract

- Five year contract to survey 350km of carriageway on the M40 -

- Contract with Carillion is worth £375,000 to Yotta DCL -

OMG plc, (AIM: OMG), the technology group providing image understanding products for the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries, announces that its highways technology arm, Yotta DCL has secured a contract to provide surveys for Carillion on the M40, worth £375,000.

Yotta DCL has been awarded the five year contract after being shortlisted based on experience and knowledge through an e-auction, which vetted survey providers bids. Carillion holds the Operation and Maintenance agreement with UK Highways, which is the M40 Design, Build, Finance and Operate company ("DBFO").

The M40 DBFO is one of the most mature in the UK. It was established in 1997 and will run until 2027. UK Highways holds the concession for the M40 DBFO with Carillion being responsible for all operations and maintenance.

Yotta DCL will provide Carillion with Deflectograph a vehicle-based survey, CHART survey, High Speed Road Monitor ("HRM") as well as Skid Resistance surveys and resulting quality data. The Group will survey 350km of carriageway, including slip roads, running between Junction 1 and Junction 15 of the M40.

Deflectograph is a vehicle-based survey that measures the deflection of the road surface under a known load. The survey assesses the structural condition and provides a wide range of data to help assess the residual life of the carriageway together with detailed information that guides strengthening or reconstruction schemes. CHART is a walked survey that is performed simultaneously with the deflectograph; it picks up fine detail that may otherwise be missed by the survey vehicle.

Yotta DCL will use one of its bespoke survey vehicles to perform the HRM machine survey. The survey collects a range of information such as longitudinal profile, texture, transverse profile, and cracking. Cracking data is processed from high-resolution images of the surface taken by a line-scanning camera. Skidding resistance surveys play an important part in helping Carillion tackle safety and inform policies going forwards to reduce road traffic incidents.

Commenting on the contract win Graham Farr, Asset Manager, Carillion said:

"To give us surety of service delivery, we took the decision to offer a five-year contract instead of the usual annual procurement. We are pleased that Yotta DCL won the e-auction as the company has provided surveys for us in previous years. Being a DBFO, it is an unusual contract to award because it runs much longer and so it is good to be working with a company that we trust. We have an excellent relationship with the company and it delivers its surveys and data on time. In addition, Yotta DCL's after care is very good."

On securing the contract, Nick Bolton, CEO of OMG said:

"We welcome the opportunity to work with Carillion, having successfully completed a number of projects for them previously. This contract is particularly exciting for us as it is awarded over a five-year rather than one-year term. Yotta will be providing a number of surveying services as part of the contract and, having been won through competitive tender, this further highlights the strength of our diversified offering. We look forward to building on our relationship with Carillion as they work towards upgrading the M40 carriageways."

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About OMG plc

OMG plc (Oxford Metrics Group. AIM: OMG) is a group of technology companies producing image understanding products and services for the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries.

The Group's technology is used to capture the movements of actors (for the movie industry), sportsmen (for video games or improving team performance), children with cerebral palsy, rehab patients and animals (for medical, life science and research industries). The technology is also used for recording the condition of highways and the assets that surround them; or even for providing image intelligence and situational awareness from drone aircraft. Through this diverse offering the Group has earned its strong international reputation for precision from pixels.

Founded in 1984, the Group is headquartered in Oxford, UK, and has four offices in the US and two in the UK. It has customers in over 50 countries and is a quoted company listed on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange. The Group trades through four operating subsidiaries: Vicon, the world's largest motion capture and movement analysis company, 2d3, a manufacturer of specialised image understanding software for defence applications, Yotta, our highways software and surveying business and OMG Life, a new consumer subsidiary.

The Group's global clients spanning the worlds of science, medicine, sport, engineering, gaming, film and broadcast include: major hospitals and research facilities such as Guy's Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and Loughborough University, engineering industry leaders including: Ford Motor Company, BMW, Airbus and Toyota, and in the entertainment sector; Sony, Industrial Light and Magic, Sega, Nintendo, UbiSoft, EA and Square Enix. In highways, clients include Highways Agency, East Sussex, Lancashire, Transport for London, Cheshire East and West as well as many others.

For more information about OMG and its subsidiaries, visit

www.omgplc.com, www.vicon.com, www.2d3.com, www.yottadcl.com and www.autographer.com 

About Yotta DCL

Yotta DCL is a pioneering information technology and highways surveying company based in the UK. The Company develops innovative software, services and technologies to help local authorities and contractors manage municipal services and assets, improving quality, efficiency and productivity. Yotta DCL incorporates Mayrise Systems to provide a portfolio of software solutions widely used in the UK for managing municipal services such as street lighting, waste, street works and highways. The Mayrise products are complemented by Horizons, an innovative web based software platform that seamlessly combines GIS, pavement management and asset management.

Yotta DCL also brings over 20 years of experience in the provision of highways surveying services for local and national government. These services include visual inspections, SCANNER road surface condition surveys and asset inventory surveys, which provide data that can be utilised within its Mayrise and Horizons software products.

The company also offers a wide range of consultancy services, offering training and services in the implementation of its software products as well as extensive expertise in highways asset management consultancy, with a bespoke service tailored to provide exactly the help that highways authorities require.

Yotta DCL is part of OMG plc; a successful global technology company listed on the London Stock Exchange. OMG is one of the world's leading suppliers of image understanding systems including motion capture and computer vision; this innovative technology is applied by Yotta DCL to highways surveying.