Debenture issued to Hillgrove Investments Pty Ltd

24 February 2014 PowerHouse Energy Group plc ("PowerHouse" or the "Company") Debenture PowerHouse announces that it has entered in to a debenture with Hillgrove Investments Pty Ltd ("Hillgrove") to provide security for amounts due by the Company to Hillgrove. The debenture grants Hillgrove a fixed and floating charge over all property and assets of PowerHouse. To date, Hillgrove has lent the Company approximately £1.43 million pursuant to the convertible loan agreement dated 8 October 2012 ("Agreement"). Under the terms of the Agreement, further sums may be requested by the Company but it is at the option of Hillgrove whether the amounts are advanced to the Company. Hillgrove has provided verbal assurances to the Company that it would be willing to advance further sums of new money to PowerHouse to enable the Company to continue to trade but, due to the material change of Powerhouse purchasing Pyromex AG since the letter of financial support was provided by Hillgrove on 28 June 2013 and the turnaround of that business, Hillgrove has requested that security be granted to it, in the form of a debenture giving Hillgrove fixed and floating charges over the assets of PowerHouse. The granting of a debenture to Hillgrove is a related party transaction under the AIM Rules for Companies and, having consulted with the Company's nominated adviser, the independent directors (all directors except Keith Allaun who is not considered independent as he was appointed by the original lender) are of the opinion that the terms of the debenture are fair and reasonable in so far as the shareholders of the Company are concerned and that the Company should gain significant commercial benefits by entering into it. A spokesperson for Hillgrove stated: "Hillgrove believes that Powerhouse potentially has a very bright and profitable future ahead of it, and is keen to see PowerHouse move forward into its next commercial phase of development whereby it is selling Pyromex gasification units to the market." For additional information please contact: PowerHouse Energy Group plc Keith Allaun - Executive Chairman Phone: +44 (0)20 7079 4407 Email: inquire@powerhousegroup.co.uk Sanlam Securities UK Limited (NOMAD and Broker) David Worlidge/Simon Clements +44 (0) 20 7628 2200 About PowerHouse Energy Group plc PowerHouse Energy Group plc is an alternative energy company specialising in the sale of waste to energy systems. PowerHouse's key advantages centre on its implementation of proprietary technology and a wealth of industry knowledge. The Company's technologies enable energy recovery from municipal waste streams that would otherwise be directed to landfills and incinerators; or from renewable and alternative fuels such as biomass, lignite (brown coal), tires, and plastics to create syngas for power generation or reformed into liquid fuels for transportation. For more information, visit our website at www.powerhouseenergy.net.
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