Results of AGM

Dragon Oil plc

Results of AGM

Dublin and London, 18 April 2012: All resolutions set out in the Notice of the meeting for the Annual General Meeting of Dragon Oil plc ("Dragon Oil" or the "Company") held on 18 April 2012, except for Resolution 8, were passed by shareholders. These resolutions were set out in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting, which was posted to shareholders on 16 March 2012 and is available on the Dragon Oil's website, www.dragonoil.com.

The Company also advises that copies of the above documents have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

Copies of these documents have also been submitted to the Irish Stock Exchange and are available for inspection at:

Companies Announcements Office

The Irish Stock Exchange

28 Anglesea Street

Dublin 2 

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