HUR.L Regulatory News (HUR)

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

Hurricane Energy plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

YES

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

NO

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

NO

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

NO

Other (please specify):

NO

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii

Crystal Amber Fund Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

10/04/2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:

14/04/2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

7%, 8%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ord 0.1p

GB00B580MF54

43,227,377

43,227,377

54,227,377

54,227,377

8.57%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

54,227,377

8.57%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:

13. Additional information:

Calculation based on Total Voting

Rights figure of 633,112,533

14. Contact name:

Kevin Smith

15. Contact telephone number:

01481 737495