Northern Petroleum PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (4025U)

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RNS Number : 4025U

Northern Petroleum PLC

18 January 2017

Northern Petroleum Plc

("Northern Petroleum" or "the Company")

Director Shareholding

Further to the Company's announcement of 13 January 2017, Jon Murphy, a director of the Company, acquired 978,498 ordinary shares under the Open Offer. Jon's enlarged shareholding in the Company is as follows:

 
 Director            Number     Percentage       Number         Number     Percentage 
                of Existing    of Existing    of shares    of Ordinary    of Ordinary 
                   Ordinary       Ordinary     acquired         Shares         Shares 
                     Shares         Shares        under     held after           held 
                                               the Open       the Open          after 
                                                  Offer          Offer       the Open 
                                                                                Offer 
------------  -------------  -------------  -----------  -------------  ------------- 
 Jon Murphy       1,425,200          0.96%      978,498      2,403,698          0.76% 
------------  -------------  -------------  -----------  -------------  ------------- 
 

The Open Offer shares were admitted to trading on 11 January 2017.

-Ends-

For further information please contact:

Northern Petroleum Plc Tel: [phone]

Keith Bush, Chief Executive Officer

Nick Morgan, Finance Director

Stockdale Securities Limited (Nomad and Joint Broker) Tel: [phone]

Antonio Bossi

David Coaten

FirstEnergy Capital LLP (Joint Broker) Tel: [phone]

Jonathan Wright

Note to Editors:

Northern Petroleum is an oil and gas company focused on production led growth. The Company is undertaking a redevelopment and production project in north west Alberta and has a broader portfolio of exploration and appraisal opportunities in countries of relatively low political risk, primarily Italy. Comprehensive information on Northern Petroleum and its oil and gas operations, including press releases, annual reports and interim reports are available from Northern Petroleum's website: www.northernpetroleum.com

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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