RAC (LEX) Wins MASSIVE New Contract To Supply Non-Combat Vehicles To RAF

Results also due later this month should see huge upside imo.


RNS Number:0490H
RAC PLC
05 February 2003





5 Feb 2003

For immediate release



RAC plc extends supply of non-combat vehicles to RAF

RAC plc, the motoring and vehicle solutions company, has renewed Lex Defence's
contract to supply the 3,300-strong RAF non-combatant vehicle fleet for a
further eight years, beginning in February 2003. Added to Lex Defence's #500
million White Fleet contract, the company now supplies over 12,500 vehicles to
the British armed forces, to a value of over #600 million.

The vehicles supplied under the contract range from motorcycles, cars, vans and
coaches, to trucks and trailers, many of which have been built for specialised
military applications.

The original RAF white fleet contract was a 'pathfinder' contract signed in
1994. The UK White Fleet agreement is a 10-year contract, which runs until 2011.
Lex Defence provides a complete vehicle support service for the Army, Royal Air
Force, Royal Navy and other MoD customers throughout Britain, fulfilled by Lex
Vehicle Leasing and Lex Transfleet.

Colonel David Ruff, leader of the Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO) team that
awarded the contract commented: "This expansion of the contract is a testament
to the strength of the partnership which has been formed between the MoD and Lex
Defence."

Andy Harrison, Chief Executive, RAC plc, said: "I am delighted to be adding this
extension of the White Fleet to our growing partnership with the Ministry of
Defence."



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