Contract Win

26 September 2012

Nasstar plc

("Nasstar" or the "Company")

Contract Win

Nasstar (AIM: NASA), the hosted desktop cloud service provider, is pleased to announce that one of its partners, iomart Hosting, part of iomart Group plc (AIM: IOM), a managed hosting and cloud computing services company, has signed a 70+ user contract for Hosted Desktop services with an international recruitment consultancy.

The key to winning the contract was using Nasstar's Hosted Desktop platform to deliver the customer's specialist recruitment app, provided by international software house Bond International Software (AIM: BDI). In addition to standard apps such as Microsoft Office and Exchange email, Nasstar Hosted Desktop is used to deliver a wide range of other apps, such as accounting software and recruitment software, in the cloud, enabling users to access their key business tools as a cloud service.

 Charles Black, CEO of Nasstar, said:

"We are pleased that iomart has secured a contract for over 70 new Hosted Desktop subscribers. Our expertise at hosting a wide and growing range of apps, including those from Bond International Software and other specialist software vendors, provides our partners with the ability to offer their customers a complete cloud service."

Angus MacSween, CEO of Iomart Group plc, said

"We can see a growing demand for hosted desktop as an increasing number of companies wish to move their business apps to the cloud. Iomart has a broad range of cloud services to offer and Nasstar's hosted desktop fits well within our portfolio. We are working on some more opportunities with Nasstar and its good to be working with them."

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About Nasstar plc

Nasstar (www.nasstar.com) provides Hosted Desktop, a cloud computing service that enables subscribers to access their desktop, applications and data in the cloud rather than using local hard drives. Hosted Desktop is a highly scalable service that provides benefits including anywhere access to computing, a standardised corporate desktop solution that can be accessed globally and in multiple languages and cost savings when compared to the traditional IT ownership model, replacing capital expenditure with a simple usage based payment model.

Nasstar was founded in 1998 by Charles Black. Nasstar plc was admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market in December 2005 (AIM: NASA).