Transaction in own shares

RNS Number : 7601P

BowLeven Plc

22 November 2016

Bowleven plc ('Bowleven' or 'the Company')

The Company announces that it has purchased the following number of ordinary shares of 10p each ('Shares') on AIM through Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited as part of its buyback programme announced on 19 August 2016:

Date of transactions:	21 November 2016
Total number of Shares purchased:	94,330
Highest price paid per Share:	25.00p
Lowest price paid per Share:	24.75p

The Shares purchased are being held in treasury. Following the purchases, Bowleven holds 3,361,575 Shares in treasury and its issued share capital (excluding treasury Shares) consists of 324,542,306 Shares with voting rights attached (one vote per share). Accordingly, the total voting rights in Bowleven is 324,542,306. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which to determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Bowleven under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority.

This announcement will also be available on Bowleven's website (www.bowleven.com).

ENQUIRIES

For further information, please contact:

Bowleven plc

Kevin Hart, Chief Executive 00 44 131 524 5678

Kerry Crawford, Finance Director

Brunswick Group LLP

Patrick Handley 00 44 207 404 5959

Simon Maine

Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited (Nomad and Broker)

Alex Reynolds 00 44 203 037 2000

Nicholas Harland