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UGL Unicco and UGL Equis Team up to Aid Haitian Earthquake Victims

February 8, 2010

AUBURNDALE, MA & CHICAGO, IL– February 8, 2010 – UGL Unicco and UGL Equis, the North American subsidiaries of Sydney based UGL Limited, announced today that the two firms have met and exceeded their targeted fundraising goals for relief to the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

Through employee contributions, which were then matched with company contributions, the two firms have jointly raised a total of $44,000. All funds will be donated to Partners in Health (PIH), an organization which provides preferential health care and educational opportunities for the poor throughout Africa, the Caribbean & South America, Russia and the U.S.

“All UGL Unicco and UGL Equis employees express their deepest sympathies to the victims and survivors of this terrible tragedy in Haiti. We organized our fundraising drive with one thought uppermost in our minds - identifying the relief agency which could use our dollars to provide the most immediate and essential relief and emergency health care for the families living in the devastated regions,” commented Arthur Mushkin, Vice President of Human Resources at UGL Unicco. “That is why we are proud to support the efforts of Partners in Health, which has served the people of Haiti with distinction for more than two decades.”

PIH, founded in 1987, is headquartered in Boston, but its community-based model has been particularly successful in Haiti, where they have partnered with the Haitian Ministry of Health to deliver primary health care to the poor and undernourished of the region through an initiative known as Zanmi Lasante (“Partners In Health” in Haitian Kreyol). It is PIH’s flagship project.

Since 1949, UGL Unicco has been a leading provider of integrated facilities services to corporate and commercial buildings, retail, educational institutions, industrial, entertainment, healthcare facilities, and state and federal government agencies throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. UGL Equis, founded in 1984 and headquartered in Chicago, is a private corporation dedicated exclusively to providing corporate real estate services to users of space.

About UGL Unicco Corporation
UGL Unicco, a premier provider of outsourced facilities services, is a subsidiary of UGL Limited (ASX:UGL). Based in Boston, UGL Unicco offers facilities maintenance, operations, cleaning, energy and administrative/office services, as well as plant services in support of industrial operations. The company counts one quarter of the Fortune 100 companies among its portfolio of North American customers and maintains an industry-leading 95% customer retention rate. Its more than 17,000 employees support corporate, multi-tenant, education, retail, government and public venue facilities. The company also offers single-source mobile maintenance and cleaning services for geographically dispersed branch offices. It is committed to green services through its award-winning UGL Unicco Sustainability Services suite (www.greenservice.com) that supports sustainability across its service offerings. UGL Unicco's advanced facilities initiatives include the myunicco.com portal, UNI-Q handheld inspection system, USafe health and safety program, eProcurement systems, and a 24x7 national operations center.

About UGL Equis Corporation
UGL Equis Corporation, through its affiliated companies, is a global corporate real estate firm that focuses exclusively on the business space user. With more than 40,000 affiliated employees in nearly 100 locations around the world, Chicago-based UGL Equis provides comprehensive real estate solutions through portfolio strategy and management, transaction advisory, corporate finance, project services, workplace integration, data management, facility management and audit & recovery services for national and global companies with office, industrial and retail opportunities throughout the United States, Mexico, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. UGL Equis along with its sister company, UGL Unicco, are subsidiaries of UGL Limited, (ASX: UGL). For additional information, please visit www.ugl-equis.com.



For more information contact:

Richard Lindberg
Assistant Vice President
161 N. Clark St., Suite 2400
Chicago, Illinois 60601
312-424-8172
Richard.Lindberg@ugl-equis.com

 

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