Pomeroy IT Solutions Announces New $18 Million Multi-Year Services Contract With PPL

• Press Release
• Source: Pomeroy IT Solutions
• On 4:19 pm EDT, Monday August 31, 2009

HEBRON, Ky., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pomeroy IT Solutions (Nasdaq: PMRY - News), a technology services and solutions provider, today announced that it has been awarded a five year contract to provide help desk and desk side support services to PPL, a global energy company headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, that controls or owns more than 12,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the United States, sells energy in key U.S. markets, and delivers electricity to approximately 4 million customers in Pennsylvania and the United Kingdom. This new IT services contract has an estimated value of $18 Million over the initial five year term.

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Under the agreement, PPL also has the option to extend the helpdesk and desk side support engagement for two consecutive one-year renewal terms, which, if exercised by PPL, would increase the aggregate estimated value of the contract to $25 million over a seven year period. Pomeroy plans to hire approximately 45 additional technical resources to perform services specifically for PPL under the contract; 27 of the dedicated resources will perform services on-site at PPL's headquarters in Allentown, Pennsylvania and 18 of the dedicated resources will provide remote help desk services to PPL from Pomeroy's Global Service Center in Hebron, Kentucky.

"We successfully combined our experienced outsourcing team with our industry-recognized service desk capabilities to provide PPL with a comprehensive, fully integrated solution for certain core IT support functions," said Ken Kearns, Senior Vice President of Service Delivery and Alliances. "We are very pleased to have been selected to perform IT services for PPL and we look forward to the opportunity to support their organization."

Jim Schinski, PPL's Chief Information Officer added, "We are excited about this agreement with Pomeroy. This has offered us an opportunity to significantly save money without reducing the levels of service provided to our clients."

About Pomeroy IT Solutions, Inc.

Pomeroy IT Solutions, Inc. is a leading provider of IT infrastructure solutions focused on enterprise, network and end-user technologies. Leveraging its core competencies in IT Outsourcing and Professional Services, Pomeroy delivers consulting, deployment, operational, staffing and product sourcing solutions through the disciplines of Six-Sigma, program and project management, and industry best practices. Pomeroy's consultative approach and adaptive methodology enables Fortune 2000 corporations, government entities, and mid-market clients to realize their business goals and objectives by leveraging information technology to simplify complexities, increase productivity, reduce costs, and improve profitability. For more information, go to www.pomeroy.com.

About PPL

PPL Corporation is a global energy company based in Allentown, Pa., that delivers electricity to more than 1.4 million customers in Pennsylvania; sells energy in key U.S. markets; provides energy services for businesses in the mid-Atlantic and northeastern United States; generates electricity at power plants in Pennsylvania, Montana, Connecticut, Illinois, New York and Maine; and delivers electricity to about 2.6 million customers in the United Kingdom. PPL's four principal business subsidiaries are PPL Generation LLC, PPL EnergyPlus LLC, PPL Global LLC and PPL Electric Utilities Corp.

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