Settlement Agreement

3 March 2014 PowerHouse Energy Group plc ("PowerHouse" or the "Company") Agreement with RenewMe *PowerHouse regains complete control of Pyromex Licenses *Licenses returned for the UK, Ireland, India, Benelux and Scandinavia *Potentially lucrative operational regions recovered by Company On 3 June 2011 the Company, PowerHouse Energy Inc and Pyromex Holding AG entered into a settlement agreement with RenewMe Limited, a company incorporated in Cyprus ("RenewMe"), under which the parties agreed to change the respective exclusive rights pertaining to the Pyromex technology and PowerHouse Energy Inc agreed to pay RenewMe €200,000 per annum for five years, commencing in June 2011 ("the 2011 Settlement Agreement"). Under the 2011 Settlement Agreement, the Company agreed to guarantee the obligations of PowerHouse Energy Inc. The first payment was made in June 2011 but the second and third payments due in June 2012 and June 2013 were not settled on the due date. As PowerHouse Energy Inc was unable to meets its obligations, all remaining amounts (€800,000) due under the 2011 Settlement Agreement were recognised as a liability in the Company' accounts for the year ended 31 December 2012. The Company is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with RenewMe under which the Company has agreed to pay RenewMe €211,000 in cash by 11 March 2014 and issue RenewMe with 18,331,996 new Ordinary Shares in the Company ("Settlement Shares"), representing 5.00 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company as enlarged by the issue of shares, by 1 April 2014 ("the 2014 Settlement Agreement"), in full and final settlement of amounts due by the Company to RenewMe. Under the terms of the 2014 Settlement Agreement, RenewMe has relinquished its exclusive licences to exploit the Pyromex technology in the UK, Ireland, India, Scandinavia and the Benelux countries. In addition, under the agreement all parties to the 2011 Settlement Agreement will be released from their obligations thereunder (save for those which are expressly stated to survive termination) on completion of the 2014 Settlement Agreement. RenewMe has agreed that it will only dispose of the Settlement Shares through its broker on the basis that an orderly market in the Ordinary Shares is maintained. Application will be made for 18,331,996 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and dealings are expected to commence on 11 March 2014. Keith Allaun, the Executive Chairman of PowerHouse, stated "I am delighted that agreement has been reached with RenewMe and that a resolution has been obtained for this significant liability of the Company to the benefit of our shareholders. The greater benefit for the Company was the recovery of the exclusive license that had been granted to RenewMe for the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, India, and the Benelux regions. This settlement agreement returns those licenses to Pyromex and gives us worldwide control of the application, delivery and operation of our Ultra-high temperature gasification technology. These 10 valuable country licenses that we have now recovered expands our potential customer base tremendously. " 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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