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Sound Energy PLC

01 August 2017

1 August 2017

Sound Energy plc

("Sound Energy" or the "Company")

Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights

Sound Energy, the European and African focused upstream gas company, announces that as a result of an exercise of share options by a non-PDMR employee of the Company, the Company has issued 2,050,000 new ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company (the "New Ordinary Shares"). Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange plc for the New Ordinary Shares, which will rank pari passu with the Company's existing ordinary shares, to be admitted to trading on AIM. Dealings are expected to commence at 8.00 a.m. on 7 August 2017 ("Admission").

The Company wishes to announce, in accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, the following information following Admission of the New Ordinary Shares:

 
 
     Class of share        Total number     Number of voting       Total number 
                            of shares       rights per share     of voting rights 
                                                                   per class of 
                                                                      share 
----------------------  ---------------  -------------------  ------------------- 
 
   Ordinary shares of 
   1p each ("Ordinary 
        Shares")          734,151,087             1               734,151,087 
----------------------  ---------------  -------------------  -------------------

No Ordinary Shares are held in treasury. The above figure for total number of ordinary shares may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Prior to Admission of the New Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM, and as at 31 July 2017, the Company had 732,101,087 ordinary shares of 1p each in issue.

For further information please contact:

 
 Vigo Communications - PR Adviser              Tel: +44 (0)20 7830 9700 
  Patrick d'Ancona 
  Chris McMahon 
  Alexandra Roper 
 Sound Energy                              j.parsons@soundenergyplc.com 
  James Parsons, Chief Executive Officer 
 Smith & Williamson - Nominated Adviser        Tel: +44 (0)20 7131 4000 
  Azhic Basirov 
  David Jones 
  Ben Jeynes 
 RBC Capital Markets - Broker                  Tel: +44 (0)20 7653 4000 
  Matthew Coakes 
  Martin Copeland 
  Laura White

This information is provided by RNS

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