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FORUM ENERGY plc

("Forum Energy" or the "Company")

Appointment of Directors

Forum Energy, the UK incorporated oil and gas exploration and production company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Messrs Carlo Pablo and Paul Wallace to the Board of Directors on 27 July 2010.

Mr. Carlo Aniceto Samson Pablo (age 47) is currently Chief Operating Officer of Philex Petroleum Corporation, Philippines, which is the wholly-owned oil and gas subsidiary of Philex Mining Corporation. Previously Mr. Pablo was a Commercial Adviser at Shell, where he worked for 24 years in various upstream and downstream projects in the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia. Mr. Pablo was a Director of PT Kridapetra Graha between October 2001 and September 2005. He is presently a Non-Executive Director of FEC Resources Inc. and Petroenergy Resources Corporation.

Mr Paul Frederick Wallace (age 60) is a Chartered Accountant and member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. He was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of Hong Kong based First Pacific Company Limited from 1995 to 1997 and between 2003 and 2004. He was appointed Group Finance Director to the Sanctuary Group plc between 2005 and 2008. Mr. Wallace was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Blue Ocean Wireless Limited in May 2009, and as a Non-Executive Director of JPMorgan Global Emerging Markets Income Trust Plc in June 2010.

For further information please contact:

Forum Energy Plc

Andrew Mullins, Executive Director Tel: +44 (0) 1932 445 344

Execution Noble & Company Limited

Harry Stockdale / John Llewellyn-Lloyd Tel: +44 (0) 20 7456 9191

Additional information on Mr Pablo:

In accordance with Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules the following information in relation to the appointment of Mr Pablo to the Board of Forum Energy is disclosed:

Current Directorships and Partnerships:

FEC Resources Inc

Petroenergy Resources Corporation

Directorships and Partnerships held in the last five years:

PT Kridapetra Graha

Save for the information disclosed above there is no other information falling to be disclosed under Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules.

Additional information on Mr Wallace:

In accordance with Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules the following information in relation to the appointment of Mr Wallace to the Board of Forum Energy is disclosed:

Current Directorships and Partnerships:

Blue Ocean Wireless Limited

JP Morgan Global Emerging Markets Income Trust plc

Directorships and Partnerships held in the last five years:

Save for the information disclosed above there is no other information falling to be disclosed under Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules.