BLVN.L Regulatory News (BLVN)

9 November 2011

Bowleven plc ("Bowleven")

Admission of New Shares to Trading

Following the admission of 77,500,000 new ordinary shares to trading on Tuesday 8 November, Bowleven's issued share capital now consists of 293,557,321 ordinary shares with a nominal value of 10 pence each, with voting rights.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Bowleven is 293,557,321, which should 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 Bowleven under the Financial Service Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Bowleven does not hold any ordinary shares in treasury.

ENQUIRIES

 For further information please contact:

Bowleven plc

Kevin Hart, Chief Executive 00 44 131 524 5678

Kerry Crawford, Head of Investor Relations

Brunswick Group LLP

Patrick Handley 00 44 207 404 5959

Natalia Erikssen

BofA Merrill Lynch (NOMAD)

Andrew Osborne 00 44 207 628 1000

Tony White