Selected by Arriva in Sweden for £3.3m Contract

12 March 2012

21st Century Technology plc

("21st Century" or "the Company" or "the Group")

21st Century Selected by Arriva in Sweden for £3.3m Contract

Supplying on board CCTV, passenger counting and maintenance within a multi-modal transport system

21st Century, the supplier and installation service provider of public transport CCTV and vehicle monitoring systems, today announces that it has been awarded a contract, totalling £3.3m, by Arriva in Sweden to supply on board CCTV, passenger counting systems, depot infrastructure, related maintenance and software hosting for a substantial part of a fleet of public transport vehicles operated by Arriva in Stockholm.

£2.7m of the contract value will be delivered in the current year and thereafter Arriva have contracted for a further one year's maintenance and five years' software hosting. The Company is optimistic that there is further scope for collaboration within this multi-modal (bus, tram and train) transport system.

21st Century has a well established relationship with Arriva which continues to offer new opportunities as it develops. Arriva is part of Deutsche Bahn AG, a leading European passenger transport group delivering 4.2 billion passenger journeys a year. Arriva is responsible for the growth and development of all Deutsche Bahn's regional passenger transport outside of Germany. Arriva operates in 12 countries in Europe and in the last year has doubled its size in Sweden following a record tender win by Arriva in Stockholm. This contract, awarded to Arriva by regional transport authority Storstockholms Lokaltrafik in November 2011, is believed to be the largest integrated multi-modal public transport tender in Sweden to date. It will involve Arriva operating 550 buses, 45 trains and 37 trams/light trains. 21st Century is Arriva's preferred supplier for all their on board CCTV and passenger counting system requirements in this fleet.

This further cements 21st Century's strategy of product and market expansion in the region. Scandinavia is 21st Century's second largest market after the UK and the Company continues to look for opportunities to roll out its proprietary technology into other countries in mainland Europe.

Commenting on the contract win 21st Century's Chief Executive, Nick Grimond, said: "We are particularly pleased to have been awarded this business which, on the back of the major contract award by Keolis last year, underpins our expansion into Scandinavia. In addition to the provision of on board CCTV this contract includes the supply of passenger counting systems within a multi-modal public transport system, which represents a significant new growth opportunity for the Group."

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Notes to editors:

21st Century Technology plc (AIM: C21), a leading supplier of public transport CCTV and other monitoring systems, was admitted to trading on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange, in 2005.

21st Century is the preferred supplier of on-board CCTV systems for Arriva UK Bus, the Go-Ahead Group, FirstGroup UK Bus and Keolis Sverige AB in Stockholm.

The Company has pioneered the use of WiFi with on-board CCTV systems and Transport for London commissioned the Company to undertake a trial of 'LiveView' - a system which transmits live CCTV pictures from on board the bus to a public transport and police control centre. 21st Century was also the first company to successfully launch Automatic Video Downloads and a bus CCTV monitoring system (HeartbeatTM) which allow the CCTV manager to remotely download CCTV footage from the bus to his computer and check that all the CCTV systems fitted to his buses are fully operational, without leaving his desk. The company's passenger counting systems utilise active infrared sensors at every exit/entry point or overhead cameras linked to the ticket machine to enable bus operators to analyse specific bus route ticket sales and passenger numbers.

21st Century's EcoManager product has made a significant contribution to sales since its launch in July 2008. The EcoManager black-box system is aimed at reducing fuel and maintenance costs, reducing emissions and improving safety for bus operators by monitoring individual driving styles. Following a successful trial in 2009, Arriva UK committed to install the device on all their new buses and to retrofit a large proportion of their existing fleet. Later that year Arriva North West and Merseytravel won the industry recognised Alexander Dennis Award for Innovation following their installation of the EcoManager system which yielded fuel savings of up to 12%, associated CO2 emission reductions and a 62% reduction in accidents. This was followed in 2010 with a driver safety award for EcoManager presented by the road safety charity, Brake and in 2011; Arriva Wirral was presented with the Environmental Award by Wirral Investment Network in recognition of the environmental benefits achieved by the company as a result of the installation of EcoManager to its fleet of buses. For further information go to www.getecomanager.com.