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Haydale Graphene Industries plc

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

$200,000 US Small Business Administration Loan Agreement

Haydale (AIM: HAYD), the global advanced materials group, has agreed a $200,000 loan (the "Loan")  from the US Small Business Administration  (the "SBA").

The Loan will be drawdown immediately.  Loan repayments, including interest and principal, will be payable in equal instalments and will commence 18 months after the initial drawdown and be paid over a period of thirty (30) years from the date of the SBA Loan.  The Loan attracts an interest rate of 3.75% per annum.  The Company has signed the standard SBA Loan agreement.

The working capital facility with United Commercial Bank, which was secured on a combination of fixed assets, inventory and accounts receivable has been closed.

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Notes to Editors

Haydale is a global technologies group and service provider that facilitates the integration of graphene and other nanomaterials into the next generation of industrial materials and commercial technologies.  With expertise in graphene, other nanomaterials and Silicon Carbide, Haydale is able to deliver improvements in electrical, thermal and mechanical properties,  Haydale has been granted patents for its technologies in Europe, USA, Australia, Japan and China and operates from five sites in the UK, USA and the Far East.  For more information please visit: www.haydale.com or Twitter: @haydalegraphene