Issue of Warrants

14th Apr 2010 17:03

14 April 2010 Northern Petroleum Plc ("Northern" or "the Company") Issue of Warrants

Northern announces that on 12 April the Board approved the issue to a director of warrants to purchase Ordinary 5p Shares of the Company as follows:

Name Number of Warrants Exercise Price over Ordinary 5p Shares Nigel John Wright 350,000 127.50p

The above warrants are each exercisable into one Ordinary 5p Share at a subscription price based upon the prevailing mid-market price at close of business on 9 April 2010. The new warrants are open to exercise in two equal tranches on 12 April 2011 and 1 June 2012 and expire on 31 October 2013 and 31 December 2014 respectively. These warrants have been issued in accordance with terms laid out in Mr Wright's contract of employment and reflect a continuation of the Board's policy of providing performance based incentives to Directors and staff.

Nigel Wright is not currently a shareholder in Northern.

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For further information please contact:

Northern Petroleum Plc Tel: +44 (0) 20 7469 2900

Chris Foss, Director of Legal & Corporate Affairs

Sophie Hull, Head of Corporate Communications

Jefferies International Tel: +44 (0) 20 7029 8000

Schuyler Evans / Chris Snoxall

Astaire Securities Tel: +44 (0) 20 7448 4400

Jerry Keen / Toby Gibbs

Notes to Editors:

Further information on Northern is available at www.northpet.com

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