Communisis PLC Contract Renewal for TV Licensing Services (0491H)

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RNS Number : 0491H

Communisis PLC

08 March 2018

8 March 2018

Communisis plc

("Communisis" or the "Company")

Contract Renewal for TV Licensing Services

Leading provider of integrated business services, Communisis plc (LSE: CMS), is pleased to announce that it has secured a contract renewal for the issuance of the UK's TV Licensing (TVL) communications and transactional mailing. The initial renewal term is 6 years with an option to extend by a further 4 years.

This contract is with Proximity London Ltd ("Proximity"), a contractor to the BBC, which has sub-contracted the fulfilment of Direct Marketing, Print and Fulfilment services for TV Licensing to Communisis. The contract was first novated by Proximity to Communisis in 2011. This coincided with the acquisition of Orchestra Bristol Limited in June 2011.

Communisis is responsible for successfully executing all communication campaigns across multiple channels, fulfilling 55m pieces of transactional mail and 15m emails per year. In support of response management in TV Licensing Contact Centres; the company processes up to 135 data files per day to meet specific release timings. Communisis also holds the Postal contract for TV Licensing via a separate contract.

Commenting on this contract renewal, Andy Blundell, Chief Executive of Communisis said:

"Communisis is delighted to have confirmed this contract with Proximity and to have been entrusted to provide these vital communication services to the BBC/TVL. Looking forward; formats and the way in which end customers prefer to receive information, will continue to evolve and we are ready to respond through our strategy for Digital First."

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For further information please contact:

Communisis

Andy Blundell, Chief Executive 020 7224 3456

FTI Consulting 020 3727 1000

Matt Dixon / Emma Hall / Niamh Fogarty

About Communisis

Communisis is an integrated marketing services company, which improves communication between brands and their customers. Communisis creates engaging content and delivers it across multiple customer touch-points; in digital, broadcast and print channels.

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