Director/PDMR Shareholding

SOCO International plc

('SOCO' or 'the Company')

DIRECTORS/PDMR SHAREHOLDINGS

Awards under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan

 SOCO announces that awards under the SOCO International plc Long Term Incentive Plan ("Awards") were made yesterday to the Executive Directors of the Company, Ed Story, Roger Cagle and Cynthia Cagle of 305,600, 229,200 and 156,300 ordinary shares of £0.05 each ("Shares"), respectively. On the date of the Awards, the market price of the Shares at the last closing was £3.597.

Contact: Carol Fan, SOCO International plc, tel 020 7747 2000