Signing of a Contract

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HMS Hydraulic Machines & Systems Group plc

(the “Company”, and together with its subsidiaries, the “HMS Group”)

HMS GROUP SIGNS $21 MN CONTRACTS WITH SURGUTNEFTEGAZ FOR OIL AND GAS MODULAR EQUIPMENT DELIVERY

Moscow, Russia – HMS Group (LSE: HMSG), the leading pump manufacturer and provider of flow control solutions, engineering and construction works for oil and gas fields in Russia and the CIS, today announces signing two contracts with Surgutneftegaz, one of Russian oil and gas majors, totaled Rub 668 mn ($21 mn). In accordance with these contracts the Group will produce and deliver a large run of automated group metering units (AGMU) and other modular equipment for water injection.

Artem Molchanov, Managing Director (CEO) of HMS Group, commented:

“We are glad to have been awarded these contracts that prove the company’s strong leadership in the oil and gas modular equipment market. Growing demand for green- and brownfields development leads to increased capex of oil and gas majors and keep us confident that we’ll have another good year in 2012.”

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The HMS Group is the leading pump manufacturer and provider of flow control solutions and related services to the oil and gas, nuclear and thermal power generation and water utilities sectors in Russia and the CIS. The HMS Group’s products are mission-critical elements of projects across a diverse range of industries. It has participated in a number of large-scale infrastructure projects in Russia, including providing pumps and modular equipment to the Vankor oil field and pumping stations on recent trunk pipelines projects linking Russia’s core oil producing areas to export ports on the Pacific Ocean and Baltic Sea. The Group reported revenues of RUB 20.6 billion, adjusted EBITDA of RUB 4.4 billion and profit for the period of RUB 3 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2011. The HMS Group’s global depositary receipts (“GDRs”) are listed under the symbol “HMSG” on the London Stock Exchange.

For further information, please contact:

Sergey Klinkov

Head of IR

Tel: +7 (495) 730-66-01, ext. 1302

klinkov@hms.ru

  Nozima Karimova

Head of Press Service

Tel: +7 (495) 730-66-10

karimova@hms.ru

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