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RNS Number : 7115G

Ophir Energy Plc

05 March 2015

Ophir Energy plc

Buyback of Own Shares

London, 5 March 2015: Ophir Energy plc (the "Company") announces that it has purchased the following number of ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each:

 
 Date of purchase                   5 March 2015 
 Number of shares purchased         400,000 
                                   ------------- 
 Highest price per share (pence)    139.80 
                                   ------------- 
 Lowest price per share (pence)     134.80 
                                   ------------- 
 Daily VWAP (pence)                 137.03 
                                   -------------

The purchased shares will be all held as treasury shares. Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds, or will hold 28,673,161 of its own shares in treasury.

The Company has 717,346,246 shares in issue (excluding the shares held in treasury). This number represents the total voting rights in the Company and may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Ophir under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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For Further Enquiries 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). Ophir has a large portfolio of assets across Africa and Asia.

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

This information is provided by RNS

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