31 October 2016

Sound Energy plc

("Sound Energy" or the "Company")

Total Voting Rights and Executive Appointment

Sound Energy, the European and African focused upstream company, announces, in accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules, the following information as at 31 October 2016.

No Ordinary Shares are held in treasury.

The above figure for total number of ordinary shares may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules.

Executive Appointment

The Company is also pleased to announce the appointment of Will Holland as Executive Vice President Business Development, further strengthening the Company's corporate development capability. Will brings with him more than 20 years' experience in the upstream industry, primarily gained in Africa and Europe, across a range of operational, commercial and financial roles. Having spent the first decade of his career with Halliburton, Will joined Macquarie in London as a Director in Macquarie's Oil and Gas team.

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