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Acta S.p.A.

("Acta" or the "Company")

Directorate Change

Acta S.p.A. (AIM: ACTA), the clean energy products company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Rodney Westhead as a Non Executive Director of the Company and Member of the Audit Committee. Mr Westhead replaces Dr Fabio Mastrangelo, who has resigned due to the demands of his other professional commitments.

Mr Westhead, a chartered accountant, gained senior executive experience as Chief Financial Officer and then Chief Executive Officer of Ricardo Plc from 1992 to 2005, and is currently Non Executive Director of a number of public companies in the clean technology and other sectors including Clean Air Power plc and AEA Technology plc. He brings outstanding commercial and industrial experience to the Company at a key time when Acta moves into full production and commercialisation of its products.

Mr Westhead will fulfil his new positions at Acta from today however under Italian Company Law his appointment as a Non Executive Director requires ratification at the Company's next shareholders' meeting. Mr Westhead holds no beneficial interest in the Company's shares.

Paolo Bert, Chief Executive, commented:

"We are very pleased to welcome Rodney, who brings outstanding industrial experience to the business at this key stage of our growth, and we look forward to working together with him. I would also like to thank Fabio for his support and guidance to the Company over the last six years, and we wish him all the best for the future."

Dr Mastrangelo's previous role as Chairman of the Audit Committee will now be fulfilled by Dr Aldo Filippini, a qualified Italian tax advisor and Dottore Commercialista (chartered accountant), who is currently a Non Executive Director.

Mr Westhead currently holds, and has held (including all appointments during the five years preceding the date of this announcement), the following directorships and partnerships, other than of the Company:

In relation to Schedule Two paragraph (g) (iv - vii) of the AIM rules, Mr Westhead was a director of Carter and Carter Group plc ("Carter and Carter") and a number of Carter and Carter subsidiary companies when Carter and Carter went into administration in May 2008.

There are no other matters which are required to be announced under Rule 17 or Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM rules.

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About Acta S.p.A.

Acta S.p.A. is a developer and manufacturer of a range of clean energy products. Its product line includes market-leading compact hydrogen generators (electrolysers) which produce pure, dry and compressed hydrogen in a way that is easy-to-use and completely safe, and the Company is committed to integrating its award-winning electrolysers with renewable energy sources.

Acta's cost-competitive electrolysers are based on its proprietary, inexpensive environmental catalyst and hydrogen conversion technologies. These products help overcome the barriers to the adoption of fuel cells, most notably the lack of a local hydrogen infrastructure. They are also applicable in non-fuel cell hydrogen and oxygen applications, including oxy-hydrogen gas welding systems, where the Company is generating significant commercial interest.

Acta's low-cost hydrogen generators represent a unique breakthrough in electrolyser technology. They can operate using mains power or intermittent renewable energy, and produce clean, dry hydrogen already at pressure for use in fuel cell and other applications. This unique combination of features avoids the system complexity and energy cost of further cleaning, drying and compression of the hydrogen, resulting in a simple, compact, low-cost and highly efficient system that is ideally suited for energy conversion and storage applications. In such applications, which include battery replacement and renewable energy storage, low cost and high efficiency are critical to commercial viability, while hydrogen compression is essential for the energy density of the system. No other water electrolyser currently on the market offers this combination of benefits.

Acta is focusing on delivering its products to markets with high volume demand for high-value environmental solutions (transport, back-up power, energy and leisure). It is accelerating the commercialisation of its products via partnerships with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), distributors, and agents in these sectors, and intends to drive down production costs at high volume via contract manufacturing.

Acta S.p.A. is based near Pisa, Italy, and was admitted to trading on AIM in October 2005.

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