In accordance with Rule 9.6.11(3) of the Listing Rules, the Board of Directors of the Company announces that the following changes have been made to the membership of its Board committees, with immediate effect:
Following today's vote by the Company’s shareholders in favour of the proposed acquisition by the Company of the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Salamander Energy plc (“Salamander”) (the “Transaction”), to be effected by means of a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006, the Board of the Company has formally approved the appointment of Dr Carol Bell, currently a Non-Executive director of Salamander, as a Non-Executive Director of the Company subject to and with effect from the effective date of the Transaction. The effective date of the Transaction is currently expected to be 2 March 2015.