Director Changes

RNS Number : 2881V

Tullow Oil PLC

11 December 2013

Director Retirement and changes to Tullow Oil plc Board Responsibilities

11 December 2013 - Tullow Oil plc ('Tullow') announces the following changes to Board responsibilities.

David Bamford - retirement from the Board

David Bamford, Senior Independent Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, will retire from the Board at the conclusion of Tullow's 2014 Annual General Meeting on 30 April 2014 after over 9 years of distinguished service. From that date, Ann Grant will take over as the Senior Independent Director and Jeremy Wilson will take over as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.

Graham Martin - change of responsibilities

Graham Martin will relinquish his duties as General Counsel of Tullow with effect from 1 January 2014. Peter Sloan, Deputy General Counsel since 2011, will be promoted to General Counsel from that date. Graham will continue as an Executive Director and Company Secretary of Tullow.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Tullow Oil plc

(London)
(+44 20 3249 9000)

Chris Perry (Investor Relations)

James Arnold (Investor Relations)

George Cazenove (Media Relations)

Citigate Dewe Rogerson

(London)
(+44 207 638 9571)
Martin Jackson

Jack Rich

Murray Consultants
(Dublin)

(+353 1 498 0300)
Joe Murray

Joe Heron

Notes to Editors

Tullow Oil plc

Tullow is a leading independent oil & gas, exploration and production group, quoted on the London, Irish and Ghanaian stock exchanges (symbol: TLW) and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. The Group has interests in over 150 exploration and production licences across 25 countries which are managed as three regional business units: West & North Africa, South & East Africa and Europe, South America and Asia.

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