DataCol NZ Ltd

DataCol NZ Ltd provides contract data collection services to electricity, gas and water utilities throughout New Zealand. DataCol NZ has a team of 150 meter readers in the field and a support team of 20 office based personnel. Since 1999, DataCol NZ has secured a 50% share of the New Zealand electricity meter reading market.

DataCol NZ utilises the work flow management system 'Seven-X' to run its service and contracting operation. The reputation and market share of the business has been built upon a focused culture of operational excellence, innovation, continuous improvement, world class technology and customer centricity.

On the 30 June 2006, Electra a Levin based Lines Company, acquired a fifty percent stake in DNZ. As a shareholder, Electra brings additional industry expertise and capital for growth. DNZ is currently working on its strategy to provide metering field service to the NZ energy sector. Discussions have taken place with a number of key players in this sector.

For enquiries please contact Bruce Franks CEO on +64 3 977 3606 or e-mail: bruce.franks@datacolnz.com

DataCol Techology Holdings ("DTH") owns the intellectual property for proprietary software technology solutions. DTH has two operating units, DataCol Technology Solutions which manages all technology development and DataCol International which is focused on sales and distribution.

DataCol Technology Solutions provides the software technology capability for Seven-X, Agtrac Ltd's Farm HQ and MacroStock products, as well as implementation and support services for DataCol Mobile Solutions.

The DataCol Techology Solutions development team based in Christchurch has created Seven-X as a modular product for meter data collection, processing and field contract management. Licensing opportunities are currently being explored for off shore markets, including India, the US, South Africa and South America.

For enquiries please contact Grant Thomson Chairman on +64 3 977 3622 or e-mail: grant.thomson@datacolgroup.com

View website: www.datacolinternational.com

Palo Alto is a mid stage private equity investor which has been launched to invest in innovative and high growth technology businesses. Palo Alto has been set up in conjunction with respected technology entrepreneur John O'Hara, and will focus on companies with proven technology and existing revenue streams.

The aim of Palo Alto is to help accelerate the growth of these established companies by providing a package of smart commercial expertise and capital. Palo Alto has a wide brief and is not limited to investing in NZ based businesses; it will look to a far wider global market for opportunities that it believes the team can add value.

Palo Alto will typically invest between $1 million to $5 million and will seek a meaningful shareholding and board representation. We seek to work closely with investee companies to provide strategic advice and access to our principals contacts to enable them to grow quickly. Palo Alto will predominantly offer expansion capital and buy out funding provided there is a strong, trusted and respected management team.

For enquiries please contact Jason Rogers Managing Director on +64 9 970 5103 or email: Jason.rogers@paloalto.co.nz

View website: www.paloalto.co.nz

Agtrac provides a Farm Management System to beef, sheep and deer farmers. The product suite adds value to farmers by making it easier to monitor livestock performance. Agtrac achieves this by integrating specialised RFID enabled hardware and software into a system that is practical, simple and accurate.

An example of how Agtrac's Livestock Recording Systems can add value is its ability to communicate essential livestock performance data between stud breeders, commercial breeders, finishers and if required with processors.

Agtrac's emergence as one of the leading integrators of RFID within the beef, sheep and deer industry has been underpinned by it's strategic relationships with Allflex, TruTest, Prattley and DataCol Technology Solutions.

For enquiries please contact Kevin Loe Chairman on +64 3 5756 876 or email: loe.homestead@ts.co.nz

Captura is the leading mobile and industrial IT solutions company in Scandinavia. The company has strong industry experience and technology expertise coupled with an excellent customer base in Scandinavia. Captura's head office is located in Rælingen just outside Oslo, the capital of Norway. Captura has 100 employees throughout Scandinavia.

Captura's advanced world class solutions increase workforce productivity, reduce operating costs, drive operational efficiencies and realise competitive advantages for the Scandinavian leading retailers, transportation and logistics companies, manufacturers, wholesale and distribution centres.

The Cap Family of products capture, move and manage information in real time, securely and accurately, to and from the point of business activity and include the following:

These include:
Cap Delivery
Cap Serv
Cap Sale
Cap Trace
Cap Warehouse
Cap Fleet
Cap tank

For enquiries please contact Lars-Göran Stjärnhage CEO on ddi +64 9 970 5115 or email: lars.stjarnhage@datacolnz.com

On the 9 November 2006, a 30% stake was secured in DataCol Battery Management Systems Ltd ("DBMS"). DBMS has developed a solution to solve common problems associated with mobile powered field devices and is a standalone battery management system. The founding shareholders have teamed up with the DataCol Group to commercialise this innovative and unique battery management system. John Fagan founder of DBMS said we partnered with the DataCol Group because of their people, commercial capability, expertise and to gain access to a wide network of connections.

Current applications in the field are often plagued with issues around battery management. This has led to the premature disposal of a battery prior to its useful life, incorrect conditioning and usage of batteries leading to earlier than planned disposal, and the more practical issues around monitoring and testing of batteries remotely. The cost in industrial applications is high and to date there has been no satisfactory solution to various applications in the market

The stand-alone component system is unlike other technologies. It is a plug-in system as opposed to a software application that has to interface with a battery or a power system. The technology is able to determine the condition of the batteries and provide alerts and warnings which have major advantages over current methods and technologies.

The company's initial focus is the Telecommunications and Power sectors, although the benefits of the solution will extend to other areas that have remote battery applications.

For enquiries please contact Tony Wai - General Manager on +64 21 739 199 or email: tonyw@worldnet.co.nz