Director Share Purchase

11 December 2015

Versarien plc

("Versarien" or the "Company")

Director share purchase

Versarien (AIM: VRS), the advanced engineering materials group, has been notified that on 10 December 2015 Neill Ricketts, the Company's Chief Executive, purchased 71,000 shares in the Company at a price of 14p per share. Following this purchase Neill Ricketts holds 15,375,000 shares in the Company representing 14.56% of the Company's issued share capital.

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Notes to Editors:

Versarien(TM) plc (AIM:VRS), is an advanced engineering materials group. Leveraging proprietary technology, the Group creates innovative engineering solutions for its clients in a diverse range of industries. Versarien has three subsidiaries:

Versarien Technologies Ltd. which owns the exclusive rights to a patent-protected additive process for creating advanced micro-porous metals targeting the thermal management industry and manufactures extruded aluminium heat sinks for the electronics and computing industries. www.versarien-technologies.co.uk 

Total Carbide Ltd, a leading manufacturer in sintered tungsten carbide for applications in arduous environments such as the oil and gas industry. www.totalcarbide.com 

2-DTech Ltd., which specialises in the supply, characterisation and early stage development of graphene products. www.2-dtech.com