Director/PDMR Shareholding

22 September 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 502,926 ordinary
shares to directors of the Company as set out below:

Dr Kevin Johnson     481,707
Dr Geoff Gould        21,219

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 24
September 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 24 September 2011 and 24 September 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     180,000
Dr Geoff Gould        29,000

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

                        No. of     Exercise                                    
                       options        price                      vesting period               
                                                                               
Dr Kevin Johnson       100,000          21p      30 March 2007 to 29 March 2017
                       288,000       18.25p        30 June 2008 to 30 June 2018
                                                                               
Dr Geoff Gould          50,000          21p      30 March 2007 to 29 March 2017
                        86,000       18.25p        30 June 2008 to 30 June 2018

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]