Southeastern selects Nexala for Maintenance Management

London, United Kingdom, January 28th 2008:

Nexala have been selected to provide Maintenance Management, Decision Support, and Performance Analysis systems to support the maintenance of all of Southeastern's rail fleet (344 trains across 5 fleets and a number of maintenance depots). Nexala will be used to assist Southeastern in its commitment to improving services for passengers and to assist Southeastern with its plans to improve reliability, meet demand and improve punctuality and timekeeping of services.

Mr. Wayne Jenner, Engineering Director, Southeastern added that: "Nexala were chosen following a detailed evaluation of the vendors in this space. We evaluated a number of systems software providers and chose Nexala due to the breadth of functionality of their systems and the match with our requirements. Nexala have a detailed understanding of the UK rail industry and this is reflected through their established record within the sector."

Nexala's software will be used to improve efficiencies within the Southeastern maintenance operations. Through efficient planning and the seamless integration of a defect reporting environment, repairs and regulatory maintenance exams can be undertaken in a way to maximise the reliability of the Southeastern fleet. The software ensures that the correct spare parts are at hand as needed and optimises the maintenance planning process. As part of this contract, Nexala will also provide a suite of condition monitoring applications to determine and forecast wheelset wear and replacement schedules. Nexala's Performance Management software will be deployed throughout Southeastern's operations to monitor and measure fleet performance.

Dr. Karl O'Connell, Nexala CEO said: "This is a very significant contract which underlines our position as a market leader in the Rail sector. This contract follows on from the success of our solutions within the Hitachi Maintenance Operation for the new High Speed service to be operated by Southeastern. Nexala is the only solution in the market providing a combination of operational asset management, decision support and planning capabilities - a fundamental requirement for today's Transport and Energy & Utility sectors"

About Nexala
Nexala is a world leader in Asset management, Advanced Planning and Service Management software. Nexala's solutions allow companies to plan for the future, improve operational efficiencies, manage their service levels, and fundamentally to reduce their costs while at the same time ensuring that the service they provide is maintained to the highest level. In effect, Nexala is about improving business performance. Nexala was formed in 2002 following the acquisition of a number of technology organisations. Nexala has operations in Ireland, United Kingdom, France and North America. Nexala has a number of agents and distributors servicing Asia and the Middle East.

About Southeastern
On 1 April 2006 Govia (a partnership between Go-Ahead Group and Keolis) took over responsibility for the Integrated Kent Franchise. London & South Eastern Railway Ltd (trading as 'Southeastern') will provide rail services in south east London, Kent and part of East Sussex. Southeastern's aim is to provide a growing railway for a growing region. Southeastern is committed to improving services for passengers whenever possible and has plans to improve the timetable to meet demand and ease crowding; invest in security on trains and at stations; and improve punctuality and timekeeping of services.