Serica Energy plc: Share Purchase by Directors

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwired - Sep 16, 2014) - Serica Energy plc (TSX: SQZ) (AIM: 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 6,204 shares on 15 September 2014, as follows:

Christopher Hearne (Finance Director) acquired 3,102 ordinary shares at an average price of 14.5 pence per share taking his total beneficial shareholding to 1,118,499 shares representing 0.45 % of the voting rights;

Mitchell Flegg (Chief Operating Officer) acquired 3,102 ordinary shares at an average price of 14.5 pence per share taking his total beneficial shareholding to 368,346 shares representing 0.15% of the voting rights.

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

16 September 2014

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