First contract on new TRUE® AI platform

RNS Reach Announcement

17 August 2020

SEC Newgate S.p.A.

("SEC Newgate", the "Group" or the "Company")

First contract on new TRUE® AI platform

SEC Newgate (AIM: SECG), the international communications, advocacy and research group, is pleased to announce that it has signed its first commercial contract for the Group's recently launched TRUE® AI platform providing semantic and reputational assessment powered by Artificial Intelligence algorithms. This new contract with TreNord, Italy's second largest railway operator handling over 800,000 passengers a day in Lombardy, will allow TreNord to acquire a deep understanding and extensive assessment of passengers' sentiment and satisfaction, to enhance both its corporate profile and interactions across its 61 operated lines spanning over 2,200 kilometres of rail.

The launch of TRUE® in July this year was well-received in both the business and institutional communities in Italy and has led to a significant number of successful presentations and a busy ongoing schedule for September.

Fiorenzo Tagliabue, CEO of SEC Newgate, commented:

"One of SEC Newgate's strategic pillars is innovation and research and TRUE® is the expression of our ambitions as far as delivering new solutions and new paradigms is concerned. We believe the reach and potential of our investment in reputational assessment driven by Artificial Intelligence is absolutely fit to compete on the international stage. The launch, after the summer break, of a new release of the TRUE® platform providing a full service in English, will be a significant enhancement of our client offering across our global markets."

Further information:

For further information please contact:

Notes to Editors

· Further information is available at www.secnewgate.com 

· On 3 September 2019, SEC S.p.A. and Porta Communications Plc merged to create SEC Newgate S.p.A.

The Group's principal brands are: ACH SEC Global (Spain); Cambre Associates (Belgium); Cambre Maroc (Morocco); Clai (France); Kohl PR (Germany); Martis Consulting (Poland); SEC Latam (Colombia); Newgate Communications (Abu Dhabi, Australia, Greater China, Singapore, UK); Newington (UK); Publicasity (UK); SEC Newgate S.p.A. (Italy); and 2112 (UK), SEC Newgate US Llc.

About RNS Reach announcements

This is an RNS Reach announcement. RNS Reach is an investor communication service aimed at assisting listed and unlisted (including AIM quoted) companies to distribute non-regulatory news releases into the public domain. Information required to be notified under the AIM Rules for Companies, Market Abuse Regulation or other regulation would be disseminated as an RNS regulatory announcement and not on RNS Reach.