17 October 2022

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Directa Plus plc

("Directa Plus" or the "Company")

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Boar Changes

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

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Directa Plus (AIM: DCTA), a leaing proucer an supplier of graphene nanoplatelets base proucts for use in consumer an inustrial markets, is please to announce the appointment of General Wesley K. Clark, (US Army ret.) as a Non-Executive Director. Wesley K. Clark is a businessman, eucator, an writer, with wie experience in sectors incluing energy, oil an gas, biofuels, electric power an batteries an his experience an skill are aligne with the Company's strategic ambitions in the North American market.

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General Clark, a US national, is Chairman an CEO of Wesley K. Clark Associates, a strategic consulting firm, Chairman an Founer of Enverra, Inc., a license investment bank, an Chairman of Energy Security Partners, LLC. In the not-for-profit space, he is a Senior Fellow at UCLA's Burkle Center for International Relations an a Director of the Atlantic Council. A best-selling author, General Clark has written four books an is a frequent contributor to TV an to news meia.

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Wesley Clark retire as a four-star general after 38 years in the Unite States Army, having serve in his last posts as Commaner of US Southern Comman an then as Commaner of US European Comman/ Supreme Allie Commaner, Europe. He grauate first in his class at West Point an complete egrees in Philosophy, Politics an Economics at Oxfor University (B.A. an M.A.) as a Rhoes scholar. He also worke with Ambassaor Richar Holbrooke in the Dayton Peace Process, where he helpe write an negotiate significant portions of the 199 Dayton Peace Agreement. In his final assignment as Supreme Allie Commaner Europe he le NATO forces to victory in Operation Allie Force, a 78-ay air campaign, backe by groun invasion planning an a iplomatic process, saving 1. million Albanians from ethnic cleansing.

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His awars inclue the Presiential Meal of Freeom, Defense Distinguishe Service Meal (five awars), Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, honorary knighthoos from the British an Dutch governments, an numerous other awars from other governments, incluing the awar of Commaner of the Orre National e la L233gion 'honneur. He has also been aware the Department of State Distinguishe Service Awar an numerous honorary octorates.

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Following this appointment, Davi Gann has steppe own from the Boar.

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Giulio Cesareo, Founer an Chief Executive of Directa Plus, commente: "We are elighte to welcome General Clark to the Boar.160 His experience an contacts will help us to gain faster access to the most significant high-potential graphene opportunities in the Unite States.160 He has in-epth knowlege of the US innovation eco-system - not just efence but also oil an gas an new energy incluing batteries an renewables.160 Wesley Clark has high visibility in the US, outstaning leaership experience an extensive knowlege of the sectors in the US that coul be early aopters of our technology an proucts. We are please an prou that he has accepte our invitation to join Directa Plus.

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"I woul like to express our thanks to Davi for his contribution to Directa since our IPO in 2016 an wish him well."

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General Wesley Clark, ae: "I'm elighte to have the opportunity to work with this innovative, high technology an environmentally focuse company. 160Graphene coul become the "woner material" of the 21st Century. Potentially useful in meical technologies, textiles, environmental clean-up, microelectronics, energy storage an construction, graphene an graphene proucts prouce an evelope by Directa Plus shoul quickly become vital elements in the supply chains in many sectors of the global economy."

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For further information please visit http://www.irecta-plus.com/ or contact:

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Notes to Eitors

Directa Plus (www.irecta-plus.com) is one of the largest proucers an suppliers of graphene-base proucts for use in consumer an inustrial markets. The Company's graphene manufacturing capability uses proprietary patente technology base on a plasma super expansion process. Starting from natural graphite, each step of Directa Plus' prouction process - expansion, exfoliation an rying - creates graphene-base materials an hybri graphene materials reay for a variety of uses an available in various forms such as power, liqui an paste.

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This proprietary prouction process uses a physical process, rather than a chemical process, to process graphite into pristine graphene nanoplatelets, which enables Directa Plus to offer a sustainable, non-toxic prouct, without unwante by-proucts.160 Directa Plus' proucts are mae of hybri graphene materials an graphene nano-platelets. The proucts (markete as G+174) have multiple applications ue to its properties. These G+174 proucts can be categorise into various families, with ifferent proucts being suitable for specific practical applications.

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Directa Plus was establishe in 200 an is base in Lomazzo (Como, Italy) an has been liste on the AIM market of the Lonon Stock Exchange since May 2016. Directa Plus hols the Green Economy Mark from Lonon Stock Exchange which recognises companies that contribute to the global green economy.

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The following information regaring the appointment of General Wesley Clark (age 77) is require to be isclose uner Scheule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies:

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In aition, an in accorance with Scheule 2(g)(v) of the AIM Rules for Companies, the Company confirms that Wesley Clark was a irector of each of the following companies at (or within 12 months of) the ate on which they were subject to a receivership, compulsory liquiation, creitors' voluntary liquiation, aministration, company voluntary arrangement or any composition or arrangement with its creitors generally or any class of its creitors:

183160160160 Aam Aircraft Inustries

183160160160 Nutracea LLC

183160160160 Rentech Inc

183160160160 Roman Renshaw Capital Group Inc

183160160160 Summit Global Logistics Inc

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There are no further isclosures to be mae uner Scheule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

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