Issue and Allotment of Ordinary Shares

Kea Petroleum plc

("Kea" or the "Company")

Issue and Allotment of Ordinary Shares

following Exercise of Conversion Rights

Kea Petroleum plc (AIM: KEA), the oil and gas company focused on New Zealand, announces that it has received a notice of exercise by Darwin Strategic Limited ("Darwin") to convert £200,000 of Darwin's Convertible Loan Notes at a gross conversion price of 1.694131p per share. Details of the Convertible Loan Notes were announced by Kea on 10 January 2014 pursuant to which 11,805,463 ordinary shares (the "Convertible Shares") now fall to be issued.

Application has been made for the Conversion Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM with admission expected to take place on 22 May 2014. The Conversion Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with all existing ordinary shares in the Company.

Following admission of the Shares, the Company's enlarged issue share capital will comprise 761,516,621 ordinary shares with voting rights.

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Notes to Editors

Kea Petroleum is an AIM listed oil and gas exploration company with interests in three petroleum exploration permits in the Taranaki Basin of New Zealand. Kea listed on the London AIM market in February 2010.