Petroceltic International PLC

Petroceltic International plc

Option Grant

Petroceltic International plc ("Petroceltic" or the "Company") announces that it has granted share options to acquire ordinary shares in the Company to the following directors on the 6th November 2012  ("the Award") in accordance with the Company's 2009 share option plan ("the plan"). This Award was approved by the Board of the Company on the 6thth November 2012. The options will vest 33.3% on the first, second  and third anniversary of the grant of Award, subject to a vesting criterion of the common shares trading at or above 8.82p /share for a 10 day period.

The key provisions of the plan are summarised on the Company's website (www.petroceltic.ie ) under "investor centre/investor information".

Director

Option Amount

Exercise Price

Brian O'Cathain

10,400,000

£0.0678

David Thomas

8,500,000

£0.0678

Tom Hickey

7,500,000

£0.0678




The previous grant of options under this plan was on the 12 June 2011.

Ends

Contact
Peter Dunne, Company Secretary, +353 1 421 8300

8 November 2012


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