Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1021S

Sound Energy PLC

16 December 2016

Sound Energy plc

("Sound Energy" or the "Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Sound Energy, the African and European focused upstream gas company, announces that it has been notified that James Parsons, Sound Energy's Chief Executive Officer, has today purchased 44,522 ordinary shares in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 67.37 pence per Ordinary Share.

As a result of this purchase of Ordinary Shares, James Parsons is now interested in a total of 1,640,996 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.25% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital.

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.

NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	James Parsons
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR (Chief Executive Officer)
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Sound Energy plc
b)	LEI	-
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares of 1p each
	Identification code	GB00B90XFF12
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of shares
c)	Price(s) and volumes(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		£0.6737	44,522
d)	Aggregated information	N/A (single transaction)
	Aggregated volume
	Price
e)	Date of the transaction	16 December 2016
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)