HYR.L Regulatory News (HYR)

9 August 2012

Hydrodec Group plc

("Hydrodec")

Appointment of Alan Carruthers to the Board as non-executive director

Hydrodec, the cleantech industrial oil re-refining group (AIM:HYR), is pleased to announce that Alan Carruthers has been appointed to the Board as a non-executive director with immediate effect.

Alan Carruthers has 27 years' experience in the financial markets and from 2003 to 2010 he was Global Head of Equities at Cazenove. During this time he was appointed a main board director and was a member of both the executive and operations committees. He helped spearhead the joint venture with J.P.Morgan in 2005 and spent a year as Head of EMEA Cash Equities at J.P.Morgan Cazenove, following the buyout of Cazenove in January 2011 and the ensuing merger of both cash equity franchises. Prior to joining Cazenove he spent significant time at both Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.

Neil Gaskell, Chairman of Hydrodec, commented: "I am delighted to welcome Alan to the Board. He brings a wealth of financial market experience which will greatly strengthen the Board's ability to support the development of the Hydrodec business."

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The following information on Alan Carruthers is provided pursuant to AIM Rule 17:

Full name and age: Alan Thomas Carruthers (50)

Current directorships: None

Previous directorships (past 5 years):

Cazenove & Co. Ltd (now J.P. Morgan Cazenove Ltd)

Cazenove Inc

Cazenove US Holdings Ltd

J.P.Morgan Securities PLC

Interest in shares: Mr Carruthers has an interest in 390,000 ordinary shares in Hydrodec.

Notes to Editors:

Hydrodec's technology is a proven highly efficient oil re-refining and chemical process which is being initially targeted at the multi-billion US$ market for transformer oil used by the world's electricity industry. The Group takes spent oil, including polychlorinated biphenyl ("PCB") contaminated oil, as the primary feedstock, which is then processed at its two plants enabling 99 per cent or greater recovery of oil for reuse while also eliminating PCBs, a toxic additive banned under international regulations, without environmentally harmful emissions.

Hydrodec's plants are located at Canton, Ohio, US and Young, New South Wales, Australia. The Group's shares are listed on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange. For further information, please visit www.hydrodec.com.