Director/PDMR Shareholding

30 June 2008

                            Surface Transforms plc                             

                    ("Surface Transforms" or the "Company")                    

                     Issue and Surrender of share options                      

The Company announces that it has today granted options over 386,000 ordinary
shares to directors of the Company as set out below:

Dr Kevin Johnson     300,000
                            
Dr Geoff Gould        86,000

The options have been granted under 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 will
be the calculated using the average closing price for the three days ending 2
July 2008, following which a further announcement confirming the exercise price
of these options will be made in due course. The options can be exercised at
any time between 30 June 2011 and 30 June 2018.

The Company also announces it has received Deeds of Surrender of Share Options
from directors of the Company as set out below:

Dr Kevin Johnson      50,000
                            
Dr Geoff Gould       148,377

Following the grants and surrenders detailed above, excluding those issued
today, the directors' option holdings will be:

Dr Kevin JohnsonDr Geoff Gould

                        No. of     Exercise                                    
                       options        price                                    
                                                                               
                                                                 vesting period
                                                                               
                        80,000          40p   14 September 2005 to 14 September
                                                                           2015
                                                                               
                       100,000          21p      30 March 2007 to 29 March 2017
                                                                               
                        29,000          40p   14 September 2005 to 14 September
                                                                           2015
                                                                               
                        50,000          21p      30 March 2007 to 29 March 2017

ENQUIRIES:

Surface Transforms plc                                                       
                                                                             
Geoff Hall                                                 Tel: [phone]
                                                                             
Kevin Johnson                                                                
                                                                             
John East & Partners Limited                                                 
                                                                             
Simon Clements                                             Tel: [phone]
                                                                             
Hansard Group (PR)                                         Tel: [phone]
                                                                             
John Bick/Chris Roberts                                                      
                                                                             
Redmayne Bentley (Private Client                                             
Broker)                                                                      
                                                                             
Lucy Clapham/Simon Flather                                  Tel: [phone]