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Ophir Energy Plc

06 February 2015

6 February 2015

Ophir Energy PLC

("Ophir" or the "Company")

Appointment of Director by Ophir.

Following today's vote by the Company's shareholders in favour of the proposed acquisition by the Company of the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Salamander Energy plc ("Salamander") (the "Transaction"), to be effected by means of a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006, the Board of the Company has formally approved the appointment of Dr Carol Bell, currently a Non-Executive director of Salamander, as a Non-Executive Director of the Company subject to and with effect from the effective date of the Transaction. The effective date of the Transaction is currently expected to be 2 March 2015.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.13R(1), the Company confirms that Dr Bell has been a director of the following publicly quoted companies in the previous five years:

 
 Company                  Location   Date of Appointment   Date of Resignation 
 Hardy Oil & Gas plc      UK         December 2005         May 2012 
                         ---------  --------------------  -------------------- 
 Petroleum Geo-Services   Norway     October 2009          Present 
  ASA 
                         ---------  --------------------  -------------------- 
 Det Norske oljeselskap   Norway     May 2011              April 2013 
  ASA 
                         ---------  --------------------  -------------------- 
 Salamander Energy plc    UK         January 2012          Present 
                         ---------  --------------------  -------------------- 
 Caracal Energy Inc       Canada     December 2012         July 2014 
                         ---------  --------------------  -------------------- 
 Bonheur ASA              Norway     August 2014           Present 
                         ---------  --------------------  -------------------- 
 Ganger Rolf ASA          Norway     August 2014           Present 
                         ---------  --------------------  --------------------

There are no matters required by paragraphs 9.6.13R(2) to (6) of the Listing Rules to be disclosed by Dr Bell.

For Further Information please contact:

Ophir Energy plc +44 (0)20 7811 2400

Nick Cooper, CEO

Chandrika Kher, Company Secretary

Brunswick Group +44 (0)20 7404 5959

Patrick Handley

Marleen Geerlof

Notes to Editors

Ophir Energy (OPHR.LN) is an, upstream oil and gas exploration company which is a member of the FTSE 250. The Group's headquarters are located in London (England), with operational offices in Perth (Australia), Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), Dar es Salaam and Mtwara (Tanzania), Libreville (Gabon) and Nairobi (Kenya).

For further information on Ophir, please refer to www.ophir-energy.com

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