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SOCO International plc
("SOCO" or the "Company")
Annual Report & Accounts and Notice of Meeting
The Company announces that the following documents are available to view and download from the Company's website, www.socointernational.com.
1. The Annual Report and Accounts 2012
2. A Shareholder Circular, which includes a Notice of Annual General Meeting
Paper copies of the above two documents are available on request from the Company Secretary at the Company's registered office at 48 Dover Street, London, W1S 4FF, United Kingdom.
Paper copies of the above two documents, together with a Form of Proxy, have been mailed to those shareholders having elected to receive paper copies.
In accordance with LR 9.6.1, copies of the above two documents, together with a Form of Proxy, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism's website, www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
The Company's Annual General Meeting will be held at The Royal Institution, 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BS on 13 June 2013 at 10.00 a.m.
This dissemination announcement is based upon the Company's announcement of Preliminary Results for the Year Ended 31 December 2012 made on 11 March 2013 with the addition of information required by DTR 6.3 set out below in the Appendix.
ENQUIRIES
SOCO International plc
Carol Fan
Tel: 020 7747 2000
NOTES TO EDITORS
SOCO is an international oil and gas exploration and production company, headquartered in London, traded on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The Company has interests in Vietnam, the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) and Angola, with production operations in Vietnam.
APPENDIX
Following the release of the Company's Preliminary Results for the Year Ended 31 December 2012 made on 11 March 2013 additional information is set out below in accordance with DTR 6.3.
1. Directors' Responsibility Statement
Directors' Responsibility Statement pursuant to DTR 4 is prepared in connection with the full annual accounts and Annual Report of the Directors.
The Directors confirm that, to the best of each person's knowledge:
(a) the financial statements set out on pages 70 to 92, which have been prepared in accordance with applicable United Kingdom law and International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of the Company and of the Group taken as a whole; and
(b) this Directors' Report, including each of the management reports forming part of it, includes a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the Company and the Group taken as a whole, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that they face.
By order of the Board
8 March 2013
Cynthia Cagle
Company Secretary
2. Related Party Transactions
See Note 32 to the financial statement on page 92 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2012 at www.socointernational.com
3. Risks and Uncertainties
See the Risk Management Report on page 26 to 29 and Note 4 to the financial statements on pages 77 to 78 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2012 at www.socointernational.com