JKX Oil & Gas PLC Board Committee Appointments (0385N)

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JKX Oil & Gas PLC

20 September 2019

LEI: 213800AS2I1XUAGQ6F27

20 September 2019

JKX Oil & Gas plc

("JKX" or "the Company")

Board Committee Appointments

Further to the announcement made on 16 September 2019 concerning recent directorate changes, the Company announces the following board committee appointments:

Nomination Committee: Charles Valceschini (Committee Chairman), Tony Alves, Dr. Rashid Javanshir, Michael Bakunenko, Victor Gladun.

Remuneration Committee: Dr. Rashid Javanshir (Committee Chairman), Charles Valceschini, Tony Alves.

   Audit Committee:                    Tony Alves, (Committee Chairman), Dr. Rashid Javanshir. 

In addition, Victor Gladun, General Director of the Company's main operating subsidiary, Poltava Petroleum Company, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the JKX Group. Victor held this role in an interim capacity for a period during 2017 and 2018.

These appointments are made with immediate effect.

Commenting on the announcement, Charles Valceschini, JKX's Chairman, said: "This new board has the skills and experience to take the Company into its next phase. We look forward to building on the recent operational success and also to delivering good corporate governance in the interests of all shareholders".

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JKX Oil & Gas plc [phone]

Ben Fraser, CFO

EM [phone]

Stuart Leasor, Jeroen van de Crommenacker

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