Result of AGM

Ophir Energy plc

Result of Annual General Meeting

London 19 June 2012: The Board of Directors of Ophir Energy plc ("Ophir" or "the Company") announces that all resolutions put to shareholders at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held today, Tuesday 19 June 2012, were passed by the requisite majority on a poll.

Resolutions 1 - 10, 12 - 14 and 18 - 20 were proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 - 17 were proposed as special resolutions. As previously announced, Rajan Tandon resigned as a Director of the Company with effect from the conclusion of the AGM and Resolution 11 (To re-elect Rajan Tandon as a Director) was therefore withdrawn.

Details of the resolutions are set out in the Notice of AGM which is available on the Company's website. Full details of the votes cast for each resolution will also shortly be available on the Company's website.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions which constitute special business at the AGM (being resolutions 14-20) will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

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For Further Enquiries please contact:

Ophir Energy plc +44 (0)20 7290 5800

Nick Cooper, CEO

Stephanie Prior, Commercial Manager

FTI Consulting (PR Advisor to Ophir) +44 (0)20 7269 7157

Billy Clegg/Edward Westropp

Notes to Editors

Ophir Energy (OPHR.LN) is an African focussed, upstream oil and gas resource company which is a member of the FTSE 250. The Group's headquarters are located in London (England), with operational offices in Perth (Australia), Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), Dar es Salaam and Mtwara (Tanzania), Dakar (Senegal), Nairobi (Kenya) and Kampala (Uganda).

Ophir is the 5th largest deepwater acreage holder in Africa, present in five key emerging sub-Saharan exploration themes, and the largest net acreage holder in offshore East Africa. The company has an extensive and diversified portfolio of assets across East and West Africa comprising of 22 licenses, 18 offshore and 4 onshore, in 11 countries including Tanzania, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

Ophir has a 2012-13 drilling campaign of over 20 wells across a mixture of proven and frontier plays.

For further information on Ophir, please refer to www.ophir-energy.com