Additional Listing

26 August 2011

Ophir Energy plc

("Ophir" or the "Company")

Additional Listing

The Company hereby advises that an application has today been made to the Financial Services Authority for admission to the Official List, and to the London Stock Exchange plc for admission to trading, for a total of 4,000,000 ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each. It is expected that admission will be granted on 30 August 2011 and that trading will commence 31 August 2011.

These shares are being reserved under a block listing and will be issued on the exercise of share awards made under the following schemes:

·; The Foundation Incentive Scheme

·; The Ophir Energy Company Limited Share Option Plan 2006

·; The Ophir Energy plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2011

When issued, these shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares of the Company.

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