Transaction in Own Shares

1 November 2011

SOCO International plc

("SOCO" or "the Company")

Transaction in own shares

SOCO announces that on 1 November 2011 it purchased 42,500 of its ordinary shares at an average price of 298.3171 pence per ordinary share. The highest price and the lowest price paid for these shares were 300 pence and 296 pence respectively. All the purchased shares will be held as Treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, SOCO holds 152,500 ordinary shares as Treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue is 340,386,952 (excluding ordinary shares held as treasury shares).