17 July 2014

Sound Oil plc

("Sound Oil" or the "Company")

Appointment of Director

Sound Oil, the Mediterranean focused upstream oil and gas company, is pleased to announce the appointment with immediate effect of Marco Fumagalli as a Non Executive Director of the Company following the institutional investment announced on 25 April 2014.

Marco Fumagalli is Continental Investment Partners' Managing Partner and a well-known Italian businessman who was previously a Group Partner at 3i.  Marco is a 25% shareholder in Continental Investment Partners.

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Additional information

Marco Fumagalli, age 44 years, has been a director of the following companies during the past five years:

Current Directorships

Continental Investment Partners SA

Corin Orthopaedics Holdings Limited

Corin Group plc

Corin Italia Srl

Ecommerce Outsourcing Srl

P101 Srl

Programma 101 Spa

Past Directorships

Terashop Srl

No Paper Jam Srl

Finduck Srl

Apb Spa

Giochi Preziosi Spa

3i sgr SpA

Mandarina Duck Spa

Mosaicon Spa

Targetti Sankey Spa

Holding Dei Giochi Spa

Viridis Holding Spa

Ludica Spa

Azelis Holding SA

Newron Pharmaceuticals Spa

Steilman Holding AG (formerly Miro Radici AG)

AIFI (Associzione Italiana del Private Equity e Venture Capital)