Grant of options

30 Mar 2007 07:00

30 March 2007 Surface Transforms plc (the "Company") Issue of share options

The Company announces that it has today granted options over 230,000 ordinary shares to directors of the Company as set out below:

Dr Kevin Johnson 100,000 Dr Geoff Gould 50,000 Kevin D'Silva 50,000 Dr David Clark 15,000 Ken Baker 15,000

The options have been granted under both the Company's Enterprise Management Incentive ('EMI') Scheme and the Company's two Inland Revenue unapproved share option schemes for both executives and non executives. The exercise price is 21 pence per share, equivalent to the closing price on 29 March 2007. The options can be exercised at any time between 30 March 2010 and 29 March 2017.

Following the grant of these options the directors' option holdings will be:

No. of Exercise vestingperiod options price Dr Kevin Johnson 50,000 50p 8 March 2004 to 8 March 2014 180,000 40p 14 September 2005 to 14 September 2015 100,000 21p 30 March 2007 to 29 March 2017 Dr Geoff Gould 64,286 70p 19 December 2002 to 19 December 2012 34,091 88p 5 March 2003 to 5 March 2013 20,000 66p 8 March 2004 to 8 March 2014 29,000 40p 14 September 2005 to 14 September 2015 50,000 21p 30 March 2007 to 29 March 2017 Kevin D'Silva 50,000 21p 30 March 2007 to 29 March 2017 Dr David Clark 15,000 21p 30 March 2007 to 29 March 2017 Ken Baker 15,000 21p 30 March 2007 to 29 March 2017ENQUIRIES:Surface Transforms plc Geoff Hall Tel: 0151 356 2141 Kevin Johnson John East & Partners Limited Simon Clements/David Worlidge Tel: 020 7628 2200 Teather & Greenwood Limited Sindre Ottesen Tel: 020 426 9000