Revitalised Battery Company Oak Ridge Micro-Energy Completes $2.5 Million Private Placement by Globa

Revitalised Battery Company Oak Ridge Micro-Energy Completes $2.5 Million Private Placement by Global Fund with Revenues Expected in Q4 2013

MELBOURNE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Oak Ridge Micro-Energy, Inc. (OTCBB: OKME) announces a strategic US $2.5 million investment by Precept Fund Management SPC's on behalf of Prescient Fund SP into the revitalised US battery company Oak Ridge Micro-Energy (OKME).

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Mr. Steve Barber, Principal of Precept Investment Management Limited, the investment manager of Precept Fund Management SPC said:

"Globally the energy storage sector is projected to be a US$60 Billion market by 2020. Precept's $2.5m placement into OKME is a strategic move by the fund to secure a significant share of this exciting company and the growth potential of the battery market. Our opinion is that OKME has a world leading technical and commercial team, a focused business development strategy and the reputation to be a key player in the US and global battery market. OKME is one of only two investment targets the Fund identified after an in-depth analysis of the energy storage market. The other is a Swiss battery company named Leclanche. Precept is a long-term, active participation, value investor, and we look forward to a long and rewarding relationship with OKME."

Precept: http://www.preceptfundmanagement.com/

Leclanche SA (LECN.SW):
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-09/leclanche-rises-after-securing-convertible-loan.html

This private placement is the culmination of an eight-month restructuring, refinancing and refocussing of OKME, by new CEO and President Jeffrey Flood:

"In the last eight months we have quietly put together a team of technical, engineering and manufacturing experts, we have built a high quality mid scale manufacturing and development facility in Melbourne Florida to take OKME's specialized solid state battery technology to commercial scale while adding capability to manufacture other strong revenue driving products such as high energy Lithium Ion batteries, thermal batteries and super capacitors. This investment by Precept allows us to rapidly move forward with first revenues expected in Q4 this year."

OKME will now change its name to Oakridge Energy Technologies, Inc. to better communicate the Company's business development strategy and positioning in the market. A new corporate presence has been developed including the attached logo.

OKME plans the implementation of a business development strategy to achieve its previously announced desire to seek a listing of its common stock on the NASDAQ Market and to implement a dual-listing of its common stock on an international exchange such as London's Alternative Investment Market ("AiM").

As part of the Private Placement Agreement, OKME's Board has been expanded and two additional board members selected by Precept to strengthen the OKME Board have been appointed:

• Mr Tom Oishi an expert analyst and investor in this technology sector with strong links to large Japanese based battery clients and battery manufacturers; and

• Mr Bryan Urban, a finance and business development expert in the energy sector based out of Dallas with strong links to US markets.

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Investor Relations:
Oak Ridge Energy Technology
David Floor, (801) 554-0090
dave.floor@oakridgeenergytech.com

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