Admission of Shares to AIM

9 February 2017

Bowleven plc ('Bowleven' or 'the Company')

Admission of Shares to AIM

Application has been made for 255,058 new ordinary shares of 10p each ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company to be admitted to trading on AIM. It is expected that admission of the Ordinary Shares will become effective on 10 February 2017. These Ordinary Shares are being listed in connection with the exercise of options by former employees. The new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares in the Company.

ENQUIRIES

For further information, please contact:

Bowleven plc

Kevin Hart, Chief Executive 00 44 131 524 5678

Kerry Crawford, Finance Director

Brunswick Group LLP

Patrick Handley 00 44 207 404 5959

Will Rowberry

Cenkos Securities plc (NOMAD)

Derrick Lee 00 44 131 220 6939

Neil McDonald