Ultra Electronics : Ultra named EDF Energy Supplier of the Year 2016

8 June 2016

Ultra Electronics Holdings plc

('Ultra' or 'the Group')

Ultra Electronics Named EDF Energy Generation's

Supplier of the Year 2016

Ultra Electronics is proud to announce that it has been named Supplier of the Year during EDF Energy Generation's 5th Annual Performance and Innovation Awards ceremony held on 17th May at the Gloucester Kingsholm Stadium, England.

Over the past five years, EDF Energy, part of EDF Group - the world's biggest electricity generator, has recognised seven of its best suppliers who have consistently exceeded EDF's expectations, created outstanding value, or brought new innovations to the company.

Ultra Electronics is a world leading provider of nuclear sensors, instrumentation and controls, helping customers to improve the safety, availability and reliability of new and operational plants. Over the past 60 years, Ultra Electronics has designed, manufactured and installed and retrofitted analogue and digital safety sensors, instrumentation and control systems in nuclear reactors of all types. Worldwide, its sensors and systems are installed in over 200 nuclear reactors.

'EDF Energy has recognised suppliers that are world class performers in the industry,' said Jerry Haller, EDF Energy Generation Programmes Director. 'The companies we acknowledge in these awards have not only delivered innovation but have delivered the excellent performance demanded of the energy industry.'

Winning suppliers were chosen by a committee within the organisation and selected based on wide range of criteria including innovation, safety and operational performance.

Rakesh Sharma, Chief Executive of Ultra, commented:

'We are honoured to have received this award from EDF Energy, which demonstrates our ability to work in partnership with our customers, solving difficult challenges, using disruptive innovation.'

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Enquiries:

Rakesh Sharma, Chief Executive 020 8813 4307

Ami Sharma, Group Finance Director

Susan McErlain, Corporate Affairs Director 07836 522 722

James White, MHP Communications 020 3128 8756

www.ultra-electronics.com

Further information about Ultra:

Ultra Electronicsis an internationally successful defence, security, transport and energy company with a long, consistent track record of development and growth. The Group manages a portfolio of specialist capabilities generating innovative solutions to customer needs. Ultra applies electronic and software technologies in demanding and critical environments ranging from military applications, through safety-critical devices in aircraft, to nuclear controls and sensor measurement. These capabilities have seen the Group's highly differentiated products contributing to a large number of platforms and programmes.

Ultra has world-leading positions in many of its specialist capabilities and, as an independent, non-threatening partner, is able to support all of the main prime contractors in its sectors. As a result of such positioning, Ultra's systems, equipment or services are often mission or safety-critical to the successful operation of the platform to which they contribute. In turn, this mission-criticality secures Ultra's positions for the long term which underpins the superior financial performance of the Group.

Ultra offers support to its customers through the design, delivery and support phases of a programme. Ultra businesses have a high degree of operational autonomy where the local management teams are empowered to devise and implement competitive strategies that reflect their expertise in their specific niches. The Group has a small head office and executive team that provide to the individual businesses the same agile, responsive support that they provide to customers as well as formulating Ultra's overarching, corporate strategy.

Across the Group's three divisions, Ultra operates in the following eight market segments:

· Aerospace	· Land
· Communications	· Maritime
· C2ISR	· Nuclear
· Infrastructure	· Underwater Warfare