Notice of General Meeting

Afren plc (AFR LN)

Notice of General Meeting

London, 3 May 2013: Further to the announcement on 25 March 2013 in relation to the proposed acquisition of shares representing 10.4% of the issued share capital of First Hydrocarbon Nigeria Company Limited, the Board of Afren plc (the "Company") gives notice that a General Meeting ("GM") of the Company will be held at the offices of White & Case LLP, 5 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1DW on 20 May 2013 at 2.30 p.m. The notice of the GM was posted to shareholders today.

Copies of these documents are available to view on the Company's website (www.afren.com).

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Notes to Editors

Afren is an independent upstream oil and gas exploration and production company listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange and constituent of the Financial Times Stock Exchange Index of the leading 250 UK listed companies. Afren has a portfolio of 28 assets across 12 countries spanning the full cycle E&P value chain. Afren is currently producing from its assets in Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire and the Kurdistan region of Iraq and holds further exploration interests in Ghana, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Congo Brazzaville, the Joint Development Zone of Nigeria - São Tomé & Príncipe, Kenya, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Seychelles, Tanzania and South Africa. For more information please refer to www.afren.com.