1 November 2024

SYMPHONY ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES PLC

("Symphony" or the "Company")

Grant of Options

Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc (AIM: SYM), the global specialist that makes plastic products smarter, safer and sustainable, announces that it has granted options over 1,000,000 ordinary 1p shares in the Company (the "Options") to a UK based company that specialises in making introductions into, and developing operational arrangements in the Middle East. The Options are being issued in lieu of cash.

The Options vest only upon certain workstreams having been completed by the option holder, have an exercise price of 10p each and are valid until 31 December 2025. Following grant of the Options, the total number of options in issue by the Company is 171,141,500 representing approximately 7.6% of total issued share capital.

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About Symphony Environmental Technologies plc

www.symphonyenvironmental.com

d2w TECHNOLOGY

Symphony has developed a biodegradable plastic technology which addresses the problem of persistent microplastics, by turning ordinary plastic at the end of its service-life into a waxy substance which is biodegradable. It is then no longer a plastic and can be bioassimilated in the open environment in a similar way to a leaf without leaving microplastics behind. See https://www.symphonyenvironmental.com/why-biodegradable/ The technology is branded d2w® and appears as a droplet logo on many thousands of tonnes of plastic packaging and other plastic products around the world, much of which has been recycled. In some countries, oxo-biodegradable plastic is mandatory for short-life plastic products.

d2w technology was studied for three years in the Oxomar project, sponsored by the French government, which concluded that plastic made with Symphony's d2w oxo-biodegradable technology will biodegrade in seawater significantly more efficiently than conventional plastic. See www.biodeg.org/subjects-of-interest/agriculture-and-horticulture/the-marine-environment/  

Following this report, the scientists allowed bacteria commonly found in the open environment access to d2w oxo-biodegradable plastic containing Carbon 13.  They found Carbon 13 in the carbon dioxide exhaled by the bacteria, proving beyond doubt that the plastic had been bioassimilated by the bacteria.

d2p TECHNOLOGY

Symphony has developed a range of additives, concentrates and master-batches marketed under its d2p® ("designed to protect") trademark, which can be incorporated in a wide variety of plastic and non-plastic products so as to provide protection against many different types of bacteria, viruses, fungi, algae, moulds, and insects, and against fire. See www.d2p.net d2p products also include odour, moisture and ethylene adsorbers as well as other types of food-preserving technologies. For an overview see www.d2p.net   Symphony has launched d2p anti-microbial household gloves and toothbrushes and "Symfresh" food-packaging and is developing a range of other d2p finished-products for retail sale.

d2c TECHNOLOGY

Symphony has complemented its d2w and d2p product ranges with d2c "compostable resins and products" that have been tested to US and EU composting standards and has invested in Eranova - a French company extracting starch for making plastics out of algae.

d2DETECTOR

Symphony has also developed the d2Detector®, a portable device which analyses plastics and detects counterfeit products.  This is useful for government officials tasked with enforcing legislation, and Symphony's d2t tagging and tracer technology is available for further security.

SYMPHONY'S BUSINESS

Symphony has a diverse and growing customer-base and has established itself as an international business with over 70 distributors around the world. Products made with Symphony's plastic technologies are now available in nearly 100 countries and in many different product applications. Symphony itself is accredited to ISO9001 and ISO14001.

Symphony is a founder-member of The BPA (www.biodeg.org) and actively participates in the Committee work of the British Standards Institute (BSI), the American Standards Organisation (ASTM), the European Standards Organisation (CEN), and the International Standards Organisation (ISO).

Further information on the Group can be found at www.symphonyenvironmental.com and X @SymphonyEnv. See also Symphony on Instagram.