Board Appointment

1 May 2014

PURE WAFER PLC

("Pure Wafer" or "the Company")

Directorate Change - Appointment of Chief Financial Officer

Pure Wafer plc, the provider of high quality silicon wafer reclaim services for many of the world's leading semiconductor manufacturers as an integral part of their cost control programmes, is pleased to announce the appointment of its new Chief Financial Officer to the Board.

Directorate change

The Board is pleased to announce that Huw Martin Lewis, aged 41, has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer, with a commencement date of 6th May 2014, following the Board re-organisation announced on 20 March 2014.

Huw qualified as a chartered accountant in 1998 with KPMG where he stayed for nine years and worked with his predecessor at Pure Wafer, Richard Howells, before leaving in 2003. Following this Huw held senior positions at Legal & General and Gyrus Group before joining GE Healthcare - Life Sciences in 2009, where he was a key member of the operational turnaround team at their UK sites. Huw has gained substantial international experience during his previous employments especially in the field of foreign exchange and group consolidation under IFRS.

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Stephen Boyd, Chairman of Pure Wafer plc said:

"I am pleased to welcome Huw onto the Board of Pure Wafer plc. He has some excellent experience in the technology industry and more specifically relevant experience in financial structuring and management. The Board sees this experience as highly complementary to the Pure Wafer Group and looks forward to Pure Wafer receiving the benefits of his experience."

Peter Harrington, Chief Executive of Pure Wafer plc said:

"Huw is joining Pure Wafer at an important growth phase of the Company, with the current strong industry growth forecast to continue for the next few years reflected in current customer demand. Huw's international experience will be key in the execution of the planned expansion and growth of the Pure Wafer Group."