Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights

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31 March 2017

Haydale Graphene Industries plc

('Haydale', 'Group' or the 'Company')

Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights

Haydale (AIM:HAYD), the global nanomaterials group, announces the issue of 20,000 new ordinary shares of 0.2 pence each in the Company ("New Shares") pursuant to the exercise of options at 92.5926p per share. The New Shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing Ordinary Shares. Application has been made for the New Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM, with admission expected to occur on or around 3 April 2017 ('Admission').

Following Admission, the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 18,731,212 Ordinary Shares and shareholders may use this figure as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

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Haydale is a global technologies and materials group that facilitates the integration of nanomaterials into the next generation of commercial technologies and industrial materials. With expertise in graphene, silicon carbide and other nanomaterials, Haydale is able to deliver improvements in electrical, thermal and mechanical properties, as well as toughness. Haydale has granted patents for its technologies in Europe, USA and China and operates from four facilities in the UK, USA and the Far East.

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www.haydale.com

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