Trading Update and Board Change

8 December 2008

                            Surface Transforms Plc                             

                    ("Surface Transforms" or "the Company")                    

                        Trading Update and Board Change                         

The Company announces that trading for the six months ended 30 November 2008
was in line with management's expectations.

Turnover for the period was £398,409 (2007: £205,997) an increase of 93.4 per
cent. Cash balances at the period end were £0.72 million (31 May 2008: £1.11
million) equating to 3.8 pence per share. Sales of automotive brake discs to
the high performance and race car markets represent the majority of the
turnover generated in the period.

Despite overall market conditions our three business segments, high performance
automotive brakes; aircraft brakes and rocket component systems, have performed
satisfactorily in their respective markets and the forward order book,
currently £161,000, remains strong. The board continues to expect that full
year revenues will be higher than the previous year. Interim results for the
six months ended 30 November 2008 will be published in early February 2009.

Mr Julio Faria, a non executive director, has advised that he wishes to resign
from the board this month to allow him to pursue his other business interests.
Julio founded the Surface Transforms business together with Professor David
Clark in 1992 when they both purchased the intellectual property and related
assets from the former ICI plc. We wish him well and he has offered to stay in
touch and will continue to remain as a shareholder of the Company.

ENQUIRIES:

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

Notes to Editors

Surface Transforms plc (AIM ticker: SCE) is the UK's leading manufacturer of
`next-generation' carbon fiber reinforced ceramic composite materials (CRFCs).