Serica Energy PLC: Share purchase by Directors

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwired - Oct 15, 2014) - Serica Energy PLC (TSX: SQZ) (LSE: SQZ)

Serica Energy plc TSX: SQZ; LSE: SQZ
("Serica" or the "Company")

Share purchase by Directors

Serica Energy plc (TSX: SQZ; LSE: SQZ) announces that the Trustees of the Serica Energy Share Incentive Plan ("the Plan") have made purchases of and allocated Serica shares under the terms of the Plan on behalf of employees and officers of the Company as a result of which certain directors increased their beneficial shareholdings in the Company by a total of 7,830 shares on 13 October 2014, as follows:

Christopher Hearne (Finance Director) acquired 3,915 ordinary shares at an average price of 11.5 pence per share taking his total beneficial shareholding to 1,122,414 shares representing 0.45 % of the voting rights;

Mitchell Flegg (Chief Operating Officer) acquired 3,915 ordinary shares at an average price of 11.5 pence per share taking his total beneficial shareholding to 372,261 shares representing 0.15% of the voting rights.

The Company has 250,179,040 shares issued and outstanding.

15 October 2014

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