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AFC Energy Plc

17 November 2015

17 November 2015

AFC Energy PLC

("AFC" or the "Company")

AFC Enters Heads of Agreement with Global Manufacturing Partner

AFC Energy plc (AIM: AFC.L), the industrial fuel cell power company, is pleased to announce that it has signed a Heads of Agreement with a global manufacturing partner for the international procurement and manufacture of its leading alkaline fuel cell systems.

The Heads of Agreement sets out the basis of a proposed manufacturing services agreement, the terms of which will be negotiated over the coming months with AFC expecting to make an announcement on the final terms of the deal thereafter.

The prospective manufacturing partner has global reach, is widely regarded as a world leading manufacturing services company, and will offer manufacturing support to AFC, and to support value engineering, manufacturing process optimisation and therefore cost reduction through a competitive procurement of the supply chain and leveraging the network and existing infrastructure.

Mr Adam Bond, AFC's Chief Executive Officer, said: "Having met representatives from our prospective manufacturing partner on their visits to our Surrey-based head office, I'm confident in our ability to close a deal that will reflect the mutual opportunity for both parties in taking this transaction forward, and in their capability to deliver on AFC's aggressive growth trajectory envisaged over the coming five years as we progress towards our targeted 1GW of power generation in place or under development by 2020."

Mr Bond further commented: "Whilst I expect negotiations on a manufacturing services agreement to progress over the coming weeks and months, I believe the signing of the Heads of Agreement is further validation of the global interest being shown in fuel cell technology generally, and specifically in AFC's offering and positioning within this international market."

For further information, please contact:

 
AFC Energy plc 
 Adam Bond (Chief Executive Officer)                          +44 (0) 20 3697 1209 
Zeus Capital Limited - Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker 
 Phil Walker, Nicholas How 
 Alex Davies, John Goold                                      +44 (0) 3829 5000 
M C Peat & Co LLP - Joint Broker 
 Charlie Peat                                                 +44 (0) 20 7104 2334 
 
Lionsgate Communications - Public Relations 
 Jonathan Charles, Rachel Rigby                               +44 (0) 20 3697 1209 
 

About AFC Energy

AFC Energy plc is fast approaching commercialisation for its proven low-cost alkaline fuel cell system ("KORE"), which converts hydrogen into 'clean' electricity. AFC's key project POWER-UP will demonstrate the world's largest alkaline fuel cell system at Air Products' industrial gas plant in Stade, Germany. The date for the demonstration of the 240kW KORE system has been fast tracked to December 2015, representing the final phase of AFC's pre-commercialisation technical development programme and creating the platform for the Company's global commercial fuel cell deployment. For further information, please visit our website: www.afcenergy.com

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