Notification of Transactions

MAPLE ENERGY PLC

("Maple" or the "Company")

Notification of Transactions

By Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial

Responsibility Shareholding

Maple Energy plc (AIM: MPLE; LIMA: MPLE), an integrated energy company with assets in Peru, announces that on 25 September 2012 it was notified that Mr. Rex Canon, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, entered into a transaction involving ordinary shares of the Company beneficially owned by Mr. Canon.

Mr. Canon entered into an agreement (the "Pledge Agreement") which was completed on 24 September 2012 whereby security over 400,000 ordinary shares of the Company (the "Pledged Shares") held by him was granted in favour of a third party lender (the "Lender") as security against a personal loan of US$200,000 also completed on 24 September 2012. Under the terms of the Pledge Agreement, title to the Pledged Shares can be transferred to, sold, or otherwise dealt with by the Lender following the occurrence of a failure to pay any amount due and payable under the personal loan. Mr. Canon will primarily use the proceeds of this loan to pay certain obligations including the repayment of an existing loan, previously disclosed on 6 June 2012 (the "Previous Loan"), which shall result in the release from security of 285,714 ordinary shares of the Company held by him securing the Previous Loan.

There is no change in Mr. Canon's overall shareholding in the Company, and he continues to beneficially own 7,276,998 ordinary shares, or 4.9% of the outstanding share capital of Company on a non-diluted basis.

For further information, please contact:

Maple Energy plc (+ 51 1 611 4000)

Rex W. Canon, Chief Executive Officer, President, and Executive Director

Cenkos Securities plc (+44 20 7397 8900)

Jon Fitzpatrick

Ken Fleming

Buchanan (+44 20 7466 5000)

Mark Edwards

Ben Romney