Result of General Meeting

6 September 2010

Salamander Energy plc

Result of General Meeting

Salamander Energy plc announces that, following the publication by the Company of a Circular and Notice of Meeting on 20 August 2010, a General Meeting was held earlier today. An Ordinary resolution was proposed to Shareholders to approve the acquisition of Soco Thailand, LLC, and was duly passed by the required majority on a show of hands.

The acquisition of Soco Thailand, LLC, was also approved today by shareholders of Soco International plc and is expected to complete by-mid September 2010. The effective date of the transaction is 1 January 2010.

The proxy votes lodged in respect of the resolutions are as follows:

Shares for (including Discretionary): 73,670,398

Shares against: 0

Abstentions: 299,189

Total Votes: 73,969,587

A copy of the resolution passed at the General Meeting will be made available for public inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at: Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS

For further information please contact:

Salamander Energy + 44 (0) 20 7960 1580

Doug Barrie, Group Company Secretary

Geoff Callow, Head of Corporate Affairs