CARBIOS — Share Issue/Capital Change 2016

Apr 18, 2016

– Press Release –

DISCLOSURE OF NUMBER OF SHARES AND TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTING RIGHTS

Clermont-Ferrand, France, April 18, 2016 – CARBIOS (NYSE Alternext Paris: ALCRB), an innovative green chemistry company specializing in breakthrough technologies dedicated to the recovery of plastic waste and the production of bio-polymers, updates its number of shares and its total number of voting rights.

Pursuant to article L.233-8 II of the Code de commerce (the French Commercial Code) and article 223-16 of the Règlement général de l'Autorité des Marchés Financiers (General Regulation of the French financial markets authority):

On March 31st, 2016:

• Total number of outstanding shares: 3,798,173
• Number of real voting rights (without treasury shares) : 5,358,854
• Total number of voting rights (including treasury shares) : 5,368,993

About CARBIOS:

CARBIOS is a young, innovative green chemistry company, whose mission is to find biological solutions to the environmental and sustainable development issues faced by industrial businesses today. CARBIOS acquired the rights to research that was conducted over a number of years by various public and private sector laboratories. By leveraging the unique properties of biological catalysts (enzymes), it has used this research as the foundation for developing innovative industrial bioprocesses that optimize the technical, economic and environmental performance of polymers (thermoplastic materials and synthetic or food-based fibers). The company has focused its efforts on a strategic application sector: plastics. CARBIOS' growth strategy is based on a clear business model of industrial value creation that targets attractive markets, develops innovative and competitive bioprocesses and licenses them to major industrial stakeholders for commercialization. CARBIOS benefits from the financial support of the leading European venture capital firm Truffle Capital. CARBIOS was founded in 2011 and has been managed, since its inception, by the Holding Incubatrice Chimie Verte fund. CARBIOS was granted the label "Young Innovative Company" by Bpifrance (former OSEO) and is eligible for investments by private equity mutual funds (FCPIs).

For more information, please visit: www.carbios.fr

CARBIOS is eligible for the PEA-PME, a government program allowing French residents investing in SMEs to benefit from income tax rebates.

Contacts : CARBIOS Benjamin Audebert Investor Relations +33 (0)4 73 86 51 76 contact@carbios.fr

ALIZE RP Caroline Carmagnol / Wendy Rigal Press Relations +33 (0)1 44 54 36 66 / +33 (0)6 48 82 18 94 carbios@alizerp.com