ASTRID extends Sepura contract

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15 November 2016

SEPURA PLC

ASTRID EXTENDS SEPURA CONTRACT

Sepura PLC (LSE: SEPU, "the Group" or "Sepura"), a leading global provider of critical communications solutions, announces ASTRID, the government-owned company responsible for Belgium's public safety TETRA network, has awarded Sepura significant contracts together worth approximately two million Euros.

The contracts consist of a five-year support and maintenance agreement for ASTRID's existing Sepura applications, as well as a contract to develop an innovative extension to the location services component which will, from 2017, be able to track both TETRA and 3/4G devices running on ASTRID's Blue Light Mobile (BLM) high-speed data service.

The second generation of BLM will be launched in 2017 and will provide single-SIM-card access to all Belgium's commercial 4G network operators, offering priority and pre-emption for voice and data within a secure environment for the end user - laying the foundations for the convergence of traditional PMR usage and the data-rich capacity of LTE.

"Extending our existing location services to track 3/4G devices, and by extension, BLM-enabled devices, is simply a first step," said Rod Stafford, Sepura's Director of Applications.

"We anticipate further innovations, enabling applications to be accessed from both TETRA and commercial LTE networks and, indeed, devices which can operate seamlessly across the two technologies."

David Barrass, Sepura's Interim CEO added:

"These contracts are a strong sign of the public safety sector's continued faith in Sepura and our continued capability to deliver innovation and excellence in critical communications."

Notes to Editors:

Sepura is a global leader in the design, manufacture and supply of digital radios, infrastructure and applications for Professional Mobile Radio ("PMR") users, providing specialist solutions for the public safety, transportation, oil and gas, mining, utilities, industrial and other commercial sectors.

Founded in the UK in 2002, Sepura has expanded rapidly across the world and is now a market leader in over 30 countries, with a network of regional partners that sell, and provide local support for, its market-leading products. Sepura's proven track record of focussing on exciting high growth opportunities, product innovation and delivering quality and customer service was recognised in April 2015 with the award of the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade.

Headquartered in Cambridge, England and with over 700 employees, Sepura was admitted to the Official List of the London Stock Exchange on 3 August 2007.

www.sepura.com