7 July 2026

PETARDS GROUP PLC

 ("Petards" or the "Group")

QRO Contract Wins

Petards, the AIM quoted developer of advanced security, communication and surveillance systems, announces that its subsidiary, QRO Solutions (QRO), has received purchase orders totalling £0.5 million for the provision of ANPR equipment and support.

The first order, for £0.4 million, is from an existing police force customer in the north of England and is the first to be received under a previously announced four year framework contract.  This order has two elements; the first is for the supply, installation and maintenance of NASBox roadside ANPR systems, and the second is for the supply of in-car Harrier Mini ANPR cameras.

The second order worth £0.1 million, is for a new overseas customer and is for the supply of ANPR equipment that will form part of the Government of Gibraltar's recently announced enhanced border security measures.

Both orders are scheduled to be delivered during the current financial year.

Raschid Abdullah, Chairman of Petards Group plc commented:

"We believe that these new contracts demonstrate the confidence that existing and new customers have in the ability of QRO's technologies to meet the exacting standards required for their high profile security and surveillance applications."

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the UK version of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 which is part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended ("MAR"). Upon the publication of this announcement via a Regulatory Information Service, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

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Notes to editors:

QRO Solutions (QRO) is expert in providing and supporting critical ANPR and mobile average speed solutions to the enforcement industry. Its customers include leading companies and enforcement organisations across the world, including the Home Office, police forces, local councils and MoD Police.

QRO's ANPR solutions cover both fixed site and mobile in-vehicle applications and include its in-house developed solutions NASBox ANPR, QBox mobile ANPR, AI driven Harrier AI and Harrier Mini cameras, ProVida 4000 speed enforcement and software applications such as QRO ANPR Management Server and its mobile phone VRN alerting application known as Instant Alerting Console (IAC).

https://www.qrosolutions.co.uk/