10.DEC.07 / Press Release

Yotta DCL contract with Highways Agency

OMG plc, Oxford Metrics Group (LSE: OMG), (“OMG” or “the Group”) the technology group providing image understanding products for the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries, is pleased to announce the signing of its first contract within the Yotta DCL division for a full network survey.

The integrated highway services company A-one+ has awarded a contract to Yotta DCL for a 2,600km survey of the Highways Agency Area 10. The survey will use Yotta DCL's groundbreaking Nano technology with high-resolution 360-degree photography for precision mapping of the highway inventory in the North West of England to include signs, road markings, lamp posts and safety barriers.

Yotta DCL will give A-one+ a pixel-by-pixel accurate picture of existing inventory to compare with data held on the Highways Agency's computer system. The additional benefits for A-one+ of Yotta DCL's unique digital asset collection survey are speed, safety, lack of disruption to road users and lower costs.

Nick Bolton, Chief Executive Officer of OMG plc, commented,

“We are delighted with this strategically important contract, the first with a highway services agency as well as the first for a full network survey. This is an excellent endorsement of the combined Yotta DCL technology.”

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Contacts

OMG plc 01865 261800
Nick Bolton, Chief Executive
Peter Wharton, Finance Director

Financial Dynamics 020 7831 3113
Juliet Clarke / Hannah Sloane

Notes to Editors

About A-one+
A-one+ is a fully integrated highway services joint venture company which combines the expertise of three leading performers in the market; Halcrow Group Ltd, Colas Ltd. and Costain Group Plc. Building on the outstanding success of the A-one joint venture company working in Area 14 and enhanced by the expertise of Costain, A-one+ has been successfully appointed as the new managing agent contractor (MAC) for the Highways Agency Area 10. Located in the North West of England it comprises some 500km of motorway and trunk road carriageway and over 2500 structures, throughout Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Merseyside and the southern parts of Lancashire. As Managing Agent Contractor for Area 10, A-one+ is responsible for the day to day operational management and maintenance of the motorway and trunk road network.

About OMG
OMG plc (Oxford Metrics Group. LSE: OMG) is a group of technology companies producing image understanding products and services for the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries. Be it for capturing the movements of actors (for the movie industry), sportsmen (for video games or improving team performance), children with Cerebral Palsy, rehab patients and animals (for medical, life science and research industries) or virtual reality displays (for engineering and development), the Group has the world leading market position and a strong international reputation for precision instruments.

Founded in 1984, the Group’s headquarters are in Oxford, UK, and it has offices in California and Colorado, USA. It has customers in over 50 countries and is a quoted company listed on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange. The Group trades through three operating subsidiaries – Vicon, the world’s biggest motion capture and movement analysis company, 2d3, a manufacturer of specialised image understanding software for entertainment and defence applications and Yotta, our 3D mapping business, which collects and analyses highway data and street level imaging and which, following the acquisition of DCL in July 2007, offers the most accurate and complete highway survey available.

Oxford Metrics’ global clients in science, medicine, sport, engineering, gaming, film, broadcast and 3D mapping include major hospitals and research facilities such as Guy's Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and Loughborough University, engineering industry leaders including Ford Motor Company, BMW, Airbus and Toyota, and in the entertainment sector, Sony, Industrial Light and Magic, The Moving Picture Company (MPC), Sega, Nintendo, UbiSoft, EA, Square Enix and in 3D mapping and highway surveys: Mouchel Parkman, Atkins, and Oxfordshire, Cumbria, Derbyshire and Pembrokeshire County Councils as well as many others.

For more information about OMG and its subsidiaries, visit www.omg3d.com, www.vicon.com, www.2d3.com or www.yotta.tv