Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                         
                                                                                        
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing        Haydale Graphene  
shares to which voting rights are attached:ii                          Industries plc   
                                                                                        

 

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):               
                                                                                        

 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                            X
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result         
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached         
                                                                                        
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to               
qualifying financial instruments                                                        
                                                                                        
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                        
                                                                                        
Other (please specify):                                                                 
                                                                                        

 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:iii                    
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                              Philip    
                                                                            Sommereux   
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv                               
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or                
reached: v                                                                              
                                                                          18 April 2014 
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                       
                                                                                        
                                                                          22 April 2014 
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii                                 
                                                                                        
                                                                                3%      
                                                                                        


 

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

 

Class/type of      Situation previous              Resulting situation after            
shares              to the triggering                   the triggering                  
                       transaction                        transaction                   
                                                                                        
if possible using             Number                    Number            % of voting   
the ISIN CODE       Number      of     Number             of                rights x    
                      of      Voting     of             voting                          
                    Shares    Rights   shares           rights                          
                                                                                        
                                       Direct  Direct xi  Indirect xii  Direct Indirect 
                                                                                        
GB00BKWQ1135       317,962   317,962   345,590  345,590                 3.07%           
                                                                                        

 

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                     
                                                                                        
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                    
                                                                                        

 

Type of financial  Expiration       Exercise/           Number of voting    % of voting 
    instrument     date xiii  Conversion Period xiv    rights that may be      rights   
                                                        acquired if the                 
                                                         instrument is                  
                                                     exercised/ converted.              
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial           
Instruments xv, xvi                                                                     
                                                                                        
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                    
                                                                                        

 

Type of financial  Exercise Expiration    Exercise/    Number of voting    % of voting  
    instrument      price    date xvii   Conversion   rights instrument  rights xix, xx 
                                        period xviii      refers to                     
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                         Nominal  Delta 
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

Total (A+B+C)                                                                           
                                                                                        

 

        Number of voting rights                    Percentage of voting rights          
                                                                                        
                345,590                                       3.07%                     
                                                                                        

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the           
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                           
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                                                         

 

Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                           
                                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:                            
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:                        
                                                                                        

 

13. Additional information:                                                             
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                 Haydale Graphene Industries plc       
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                              01269 842 946