Significant Contract win & Qatar Office opening

22 April 2014

PORTA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

(the "Company")

Significant Contract Win

Qatar Office Opening

Porta Communications plc ("Porta" or the "Group"), the AIM quoted international marketing and communications group, announces that its Public Relations company in Australia, Newgate Communications PTY Ltd, has been appointed by the Australian government to handle Phase 2 of the Medibank privatisation. Fees for Phase 2 for Newgate have been agreed at A$2.42m.

In addition, Porta is delighted to announce that it is launching Newgate Communications in Doha, Qatar. During the process of launching this venture, the team based in Qatar has already secured its initial retainer contract and is in the process of negotiating a number of further potential contracts.

David Wright, CEO of Porta, said, 'With the launch of the Qatar business, we now have a very solid base on which to build our capability in the Middle East. We would anticipate breaking into profits in Qatar as quickly as we have done in Abu Dhabi, and expect both offices to work closely with each other.'

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