Technical Advisory Board Enhanced

OXFORD ADVANCED SURFACES GROUP PLC

(AIM: OXA)

Technical Advisory Board Enhanced

Oxford Advanced Surfaces Group ("OAS") the AIM listed technology developer targeting a number of global markets including consumer and industrial displays, solar panels, eyewear and the electronics and adhesion markets, has today announced a key addition to its Technical Advisory Board ("TAB").

From 1 January 2013, Professor Steven Abbott joined Professor Mark Moloney on the OAS TAB. Steven brings with him a wealth of industrial, scientific and commercial knowledge from both research posts and a long commercial career at ICI and MacDermid Autotype, covering all areas of the OAS target markets. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and an independent consultant to global tier 1 industrial partners.

Adrian Meldrum, CEO said:

 "We are delighted to welcome Steven to the Advisory Board. He has many years of invaluable experience in the key industries and applications in which we operate and will add significant value to our technical and commercial discussions with prospective users of our technology."

Prof Steven Abbott commented:

 "I am very excited by the opportunity to work with OAS. Its technology offers a range of innovative solutions to significant problems in the world of manufacturing.."

Prof Steven Abbott received his Oxford Chemistry D Phil for work carried out at Harvard. His post-doctoral was in the Nobel Prizewinning lab of Jean-Marie Lehn at Strasbourg. He is Visiting Professor at the School of Engineering at the University of Leeds. He has worked many years in the high-tech coating industry and along the way developed a passion for computer models that could give real-world insight to complex scientific issues such as precision coating or polymer/nanoparticle solubilities. He is an independent consultant at Steven Abbott TCNF Ltd where he continues to develop software apps on solubility, surfactancy, adhesion, diffusion and advises internationally on topics as diverse as cosmetic/pharma skin delivery, organic photovoltaics, packaging films and "green" surfactant design.

09 January 2013

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Editors' Note

Oxford Advanced Surfaces Group plc (OAS) is a research-based company that develops and licenses intellectual property and products in the areas of highly reactive chemistry and anti-reflective coatings. The Company's research scientists develop innovative solutions in advanced materials and nano-technology for partners to exploit. The Company's solutions apply to real-world, practical processing and innovation challenges as novel polymer and organic materials are introduced to improve cost, weight, space and performance in new products. Initial applications include advanced adhesion, anti-reflective coatings and particle delivery in markets including conventional and plastic electronics, optics, displays, batteries and solar.

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