Haydale Plc Regulatory News (HAYD)

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Haydale Graphene Industries plc

('Haydale')

Sales Representation Agreement for Ceramic and Silicon Carbide Sales in China and Taiwan

Haydale, (AIM: HAYD), the global advanced materials group, is pleased to announce that it has signed a sales representation agreement ("the Agreement") with Hainan Hongshida Information Technology Co., Ltd., ("Hongshida"). The Agreement is for an initial period of two years and allows Hongshida to act as a non-exclusive sales representative for Haydale's ceramic and silicon carbide products in China (including Hong Kong) and Taiwan.

Under the Agreement, Hongshida has agreed to purchase a minimum of 200 kg of product from Haydale within the first year of the agreement increasing to 5,000 kg in the second year. If all volume commitments are met, the minimum value of the contract would be $1.14 million but may be considerably higher depending on the product mix. The Company anticipates that the sales would mainly fall into the financial year ending June 2024.

Hongshida, located in China's new free trade zone of Hainan Province, provides engineering and technology solutions across equipment manufacturing, electronic components, and machinery to customers in the Chinese civilian aviation and other industrial sectors.

Keith Broadbent, Haydale CEO, said: "We are pleased to announce this Agreement and believe the new market opportunities offered by Hongshida provides further evidence of the solid commercial prospects for the ceramic and silicon carbide products manufactured at our US facility within these markets."

Mr Wang Guodong, Hongshida CEO, said "Hongshida is delighted to be working with Haydale and this Agreement will allow us to provide customers with ceramic and silicon carbide products in China and Taiwan."

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Notes to Editors

Haydale is a global technologies group and service provider that facilitates the integration of graphene and other nanomaterials into the next generation of industrial materials and commercial technologies. With expertise in graphene, other nanomaterials, and Silicon Carbide, Haydale can deliver improvements in electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties, Haydale has been granted patents for its technologies in Europe, USA, Australia, Japan, and China and operates from five sites in the UK, USA, and the Far East. For more information please visit: www.haydale.com or Twitter: @haydalegraphene

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