Retirement of Graham Martin

RNS Number : 4246I

Tullow Oil PLC

09 December 2015

News Release

9 December 2015 - Tullow Oil plc ("Tullow" or the "Group") announces that Graham Martin, Executive Director and Company Secretary, will retire from Tullow following the Group's next Annual General Meeting, which is expected to be held on 28 April 2016. Mr. Martin has also resigned from the position of Company Secretary with effect from 1 January 2016. The Board has appointed Kevin Massie, currently Corporate Counsel and Deputy Company Secretary at Tullow, to the role of Company Secretary.

Simon Thompson, Non-executive Chairman, Tullow Oil plc, commented today:

"Graham has been a director of Tullow for the past 18 years and has made an outstanding contribution to the Group. We wish him every success and happiness in his well-earned retirement. We also congratulate Kevin Massie on his promotion to Company Secretary and wish him well as he takes up his new duties."

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Tullow Oil plc

(London)

(+44 20 3249 9000)

Chris Perry (Investor Relations)

James Arnold (Investor Relations)

George Cazenove (Media Relations)

Citigate Dewe Rogerson

(London)

(+44 207 638 9571)

Martin Jackson

Grant Ringshaw

Murray Consultants

(Dublin)

(+353 1 498 0300)

Pat Walsh

Joe Heron

Notes to Editors

Tullow Oil plc

Tullow is a leading independent oil & gas, exploration and production group, quoted on the London, Irish and Ghanaian stock exchanges (symbol: TLW). The Group has interests in over 120 exploration and production licences across 22 countries which are managed as three business delivery teams: West Africa, East Africa and New Ventures.

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