Director/PDMR Shareholding

1.

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name:

Moira Clare Slightam

2.

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status:

Subsurface Technical Director

b)

Initial notification/Amendment:

Initial Notification

3.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Hurricane Energy plc

b)

LEI:

2138007Z66OO4XWKM819

4.

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument:

Identification code:

Share options under Hurricane Energy plc 2019 Unapproved Share Option Plan ("Options"), exercisable into Ordinary shares of 0.1p each in Hurricane Energy plc

ISIN: GB00B580MF54

b)

Nature of the transaction:

Issue of new Options by the Company as replacement for share options granted in 2009 which lapsed in the money in June 2019 due to Company dealing code restrictions.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s):

d)

Aggregated information:

See above 4 c)

e)

Date of the transaction:

11 July 2019

f)

Place of the transaction:

Outside of trading venue

Hurricane Energy plc

Dr Robert Trice (Chief Executive Officer) / Alistair Stobie (Chief Financial Officer)

+44 (0)1483 862 820

Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited

Nominated Adviser and Joint Corporate Broker

Callum Stewart / Nicholas Rhodes / Ashton Clanfield

+44 (0)20 7710 7600

Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc

Joint Corporate Broker

Andrew Foster / Tom Perry / Alex Smart

+44 (0)20 7425 8000

Vigo Communications

Public Relations

Patrick d'Ancona / Ben Simons

+44 (0)20 7390 0230

[email protected]