Notice of AGM

Ruspetro plc ("Ruspetro" or the "Company")

Annual General Meeting

Ruspetro plc (LSE: RPO) announces that it has posted on 9 May 2016 the Notice of the 5th Annual General Meeting ('AGM') and Form of Proxy for the AGM to shareholders and that copies are also now available on the Ruspetro website: www.ruspetro.com. This follows the publication of the Annual Financial Report for the year ended 31 December 2015 on 29 April 2016.

In compliance with Listing Rule 9.6.1, the Company has submitted copies of the following documents to the National Storage Mechanism and these will be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM:

• Notice of 2016 AGM

• Form of Proxy for the 2016 AGM

Copies of the Notice of AGM may also be obtained from:

Ruspetro plc

4th Floor

58 Grosvenor Street

London W1K 3JB

The AGM will take place at 11.00 a.m. on Thursday 2 June 2016 at the offices of White & Case LLP, 5 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1DW. The results of the voting at the AGM will be released to the market and published on www.ruspetro.com as soon as practicable after the conclusion of the AGM.

ENQUIRIES:

Ruspetro plc

Dominic Manley, Investor Relations +44 (0) 207 318 1630

FTI Consulting

Ben Brewerton, George Parker +44 (0) 203 727 1000

ABOUT RUSPETRO

Ruspetro plc is an independent oil & gas development and production company. The Company's operations are located on three contiguous licence blocks in the middle of the Krasnoleninsky Arch in Western Siberia.