Nautical Petroleum plc : Exercise of Options

For immediate release

6 August 2012

Nautical Petroleum plc

("Nautical" or the "Company")

Exercise of Options

Following the sanction of the Scheme by the High Court of Justice in England and Wales ("Court"),  the Company announces that today it has today issued 4,267,500 New Ordinary Shares of 20 pence each ("Shares") pursuant to an exercise of options. Application has been made for the Shares to be admitted to trading on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange.

Of the 4,267,500 Shares to be issued pursuant to the exercise of options, 3,515,000 have been exercised by Directors of the Company. Further details are set out below:

Director	Number of Options Exercised	Exercise Price (p)	Resultant Number of Ordinary Shares	Percentage of enlarged issued share capital
Patrick Kennedy	75,000	80.00
	75,000	220.00
	25,000	177.00
	25,000	211.00
	25,000	26.75
	25,000	57.50
	35,000	433.00
	35,000	323.25
			403,000	0.44%
Stephen Jenkins	250,000	80.00
	300,000	220.00
	125,000	177.00
	150,000	211.00
	150,000	26.75
	150,000	57.50
	150,000	433.00
	150,000	323.25
			2,333,096	2.54%
Paul Jennings	200,000	80.00
	200,000	220.00
	75,000	177.00
	100,000	211.00
	125,000	26.75
	100,000	57.50
	125,000	433.00
	125,000	323.25
			1,946,096	2.11%
William Mathers	100,000	36.17
	100,000	57.50
	100,000	433.00
	100,000	323.25
			420,000	0.46%
Philip Dimmock	75,000	80.00
	75,000	220.00
	25,000	177.00
	25,000	211.00
	25,000	26.75
	25,000	57.50
	35,000	433.00
	35,000	323.25
			328,000	0.36%

Pursuant to the Scheme Nautical is scheduled to be suspended from trading on AIM on 7 August 2012. Admission and dealings in the New Ordinary Shares will only occur if the suspension is lifted and the Scheme does not become effective.

In accordance with Rule 2.10 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the "Code"), the Company confirms that it now has in issue 92,022,679 ordinary shares of 20p each in the Company.  The ISIN of the Nautical Shares is GB00B3D2ND74.

The Scheme remains conditional upon, inter alia, the confirmation of the Capital Reduction by the Court, which is scheduled to take place on 7 August 2012. The Board is not currently aware of any reason why such sanction and confirmation should not be forthcoming.

Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalised terms used but not defined in this announcement have the same meanings as given to them in the Scheme Document.

Nautical Petroleum plc	Tel: [phone]
Will Mathers, Chief Financial Officer
Investec (financial adviser, nominated adviser and joint broker)	Tel:  [phone]
Chris Sim
Neil Elliot
RBC Capital Markets (joint broker)	Tel: [phone]
Tim Chapman
Matthew Coakes
Buchanan (public relations adviser)	Tel:  [phone]
Tim Thompson Ben Romney Helen Chan

Disclosure requirements Under Rule 8.3(a) of the Code, any person who is interested in 1% or more of any class of relevant securities of an offeree company or of any paper offeror (being any offeror other than an offeror in respect of which it has been announced that its offer is, or is likely to be, solely in cash) must make an Opening Position Disclosure following the commencement of the offer period and, if later, following the announcement in which any paper offeror is first identified. An Opening Position Disclosure must contain details of the person's interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of each of (i) the offeree company and (ii) any paper offeror(s). An Opening Position Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(a) applies must be made by no later than 3.30 p.m. (London time) on the 10th BusinessDay following the commencement of the offer period and, if appropriate, by no later than 3.30 p.m. (London time) on the 10th Business Day following the announcement in which any paper offeror is first identified. Relevant persons who deal in the relevant securities of an offeree company or of a paper offeror prior to the deadline for making an Opening Position Disclosure must instead make a Dealing Disclosure. Under Rule 8.3(b) of the Code, any person who is, or becomes, interested in 1% or more of any class of relevant securities of an offeree company or of any paper offeror must make a Dealing Disclosure if the person deals in any relevant securities of the offeree company or of any paper offeror. A Dealing Disclosure must contain details of the dealing concerned and of the person's interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of each of (i) the offeree company and (ii) any paper offeror, save to the extent that these details have previously been disclosed under Rule 8. A Dealing Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(b) applies must be made by no later than 3.30 p.m. (London time) on the Business Day following the date of the relevant dealing. If two or more persons act together pursuant to an agreement or understanding, whether formal or informal, to acquire or control an interest in relevant securities of an offeree company or a paper offeror, they will be deemed to be a single person for the purpose of Rule 8.3. Opening Position Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company and by any offeror and Dealing Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company, by any offeror and by any persons acting in concert with any of them (see Rules 8.1, 8.2 and 8.4). Details of the offeree and offeror companies in respect of whose relevant securities Opening Position Disclosures and Dealing Disclosures must be made can be found in the Disclosure Table on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk, including details of the number of relevant securities in issue, when the offer period commenced and when any offeror was first identified. If you are in any doubt as to whether you are required to make an Opening Position Disclosure or a Dealing Disclosure, you should contact the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit on [phone].

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