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REG - BowLeven Plc - Preliminary Results Announcement <Origin Href="QuoteRef">BLVN.L</Origin> - Part 2

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dividend (2013: nil). 
 
c)   On 13 November 2013, the Company issued 29,470,000 ordinary shares at a
price of £0.45 per share with a nominal value of $4,745,194. The total
increase in the share premium reserve regarding the issue was $16,608,179
(gross). Expenses of $428,795 have been set off against the share premium
reserve. 
 
d)   On 3 July 2013 First Oil subscribed for 30% of the shares in Bowleven
(Kenya) Limited.  Bowleven (Kenya) Limited is included in the current year
group accounts as a subsidiary with the 30% First Oil shareholding recognised
as a non-controlling interest. 
 
e)   Interest free funding to Bowleven (Kenya) Limited received from the
non-controlling interest is recorded at fair value with any difference between
cash received and the fair value being recognised in equity. Fair value is
measured based on exploration, drilling and development risk and the length of
time required to reach production and generate cashflows.  Based on these
valuation techniques the fair value of the interest free funding to Bowleven
(Kenya) Limited is recorded at nil. The fair value will be re-assessed as
these risks reduce and any resulting adjustment to fair value recognised
through profit or loss. 
 
f)    Under the second exploration phase of the Bomono PSC there is a two well
commitment for which a $16 million non-completion payment may become callable
by the Cameroon authorities if not fulfilled.  As at 30 June 2014 the Group
has disclosed a contingent liability for this potential non-completion
payment. Given the current progress on Bomono, as described in the post
balance sheet events note above (2f), we fully expect the work programme to be
fulfilled thus releasing the $16 million contingent liability previously
disclosed for this commitment. 
 
(4)        2014 Annual Report and Accounts 
 
Full accounts are scheduled to be posted to shareholders on Monday 24 November
2014 and can be obtained, free of charge, at the Company's registered office,
45 Leith Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3AT for a period of one month. 
 
GLOSSARY 
 
 Adamantine                    Adamantine Energy (Kenya) Limited, the current operator of, and holder of a 50% participating interest in block 11B                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 AODL                          Africa Onshore Drilling LDC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Africa Fortesa Corp Ltd, and the entity which has entered into the rig contract with Bowleven with respect to the Bomono Permit                                                                                                                                                          
 AGM                           annual general meeting                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
 AGR-TRACS International Ltd   a wholly-owned subsidiary of AGR Group (Holdings) Ltd.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
 AIM                           the market of that name operated by the London Stock Exchange                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 block 11B                     the production sharing contract between the Republic of Kenya, Adamantine Energy (Kenya) Limited and Bowleven (Kenya) Limited dated 30 May 2012 in respect of the area of approximately 14,287 km² onshore Kenya and designated as block 11B; or, as the context may require, the contract area to which this production sharing contract relates  
 Board of Directors            the Directors of the Company                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 Bomono Permit                 the production sharing contract between the Republic of Cameroon and EurOil, dated 12 December 2007 in respect of the area of approximately 2,328km² comprising former blocks OLHP-1 and OLHP-2 onshore Cameroon; or, as the context may require, the contract area to which that production sharing contract relates                              
 Bowleven                      Bowleven plc (LSE: BLVN) and/or its subsidiaries as appropriate                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 Bowleven (Kenya) Ltd          Bowleven (Kenya) Limited, an affiliate of the Company, incorporated in Scotland                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 CAMOP                         Cameroon Offshore Petroleum S.A.R.L., the holder of a 20% non-operated participating interest (post State back-in) in the Etinde Permit and an affiliate of NewAge                                                                                                                                                                                 
 CLNG                          Cameroon LNG, the GDF Suez S.A and SNH strategic partnership to advance the monetisation of the substantial undeveloped gas resource within Cameroon, via an in-country gas aggregation scheme to supply a LNG facility                                                                                                                            
 Companies Act 2006            the United Kingdom Companies Act 2006 (as amended)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 Company                       Bowleven plc                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 condensate                    a light oil that is gaseous under certain reservoir conditions, often discovered with significant volumes of natural gas                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 contingent resources          those quantities of hydrocarbons that are estimated to be potentially recoverable from known accumulations, but which are not currently considered to be commercially recoverable                                                                                                                                                                  
 EA                            Exploitation Authorisation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 Etinde Permit                 the production sharing contract between the Republic of Cameroon and EurOil Limited dated 22 December 2008 in respect of the area of approximately 2,316km², comprising former blocks MLHP-5, MLHP-6 and MLHP-7, offshore Cameroon; or, as the context may require, the contract area to which that production sharing contract relates            
 EurOil                        EurOil Limited, an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of Bowleven plc, incorporated in Cameroon                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 Ferrostaal                    Ferrostaal GmbH, a global provider of industrial services in plant construction and engineering services, headquartered in Essen, Germany                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 FID                           final investment decision                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 First Oil                     First Oil plc, a private UK independent exploration and production company based in Aberdeen                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 Fortesa                       Africa Fortesa Corp Ltd (AFC), the entity which, with its wholly-owned subsidiary Africa Onshore Drilling LDC, entered into a conditional drill-to-earn arrangement with Bowleven with respect to the Bomono Permit                                                                                                                                
 FTG                           full tensor gravity gradiometry                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 GDF                           GDF Suez S.A.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 General Meeting               the General Meeting of the Company                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 Group                         the Company and its direct and indirect subsidiaries                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
 GSA                           gas sales agreement                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 IFRS                          International Financial Reporting Standards                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 IM                            the Isongo Marine Field area, block MLHP-7, Etinde Permit                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 km                            kilometres                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 km²                           square kilometres                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 LNG                           liquefied natural gas                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 LPG                           liquefied petroleum gas                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
 LUKOIL                        LUKOIL Overseas West Project Ltd, a subsidiary undertaking of OAO LUKOIL                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 Macquarie Bank                Macquarie Bank Limited                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
 mmboe                         million barrels of oil equivalent                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 mmscfd                        million standard cubic feet of gas per day                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 NewAge                        New Age (African Global Energy) Limited, the parent undertaking of CAMOP                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 OBC                           Ocean Bottom Cable                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 ordinary shares               ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of the Company                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 Petrofac                      Petrofac Energy Developments West Africa Limited, an indirect subsidiary of Petrofac Limited (LSE: PFC)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
 PSC                           production sharing contract                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 P50                           50% probability that volumes will be equal to or greater than stated volumes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 SNH                           Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures, the national oil and gas company of Cameroon                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 strategic alliance            the proposed strategic alliance between Bowleven and Petrofac in respect of the Etinde development on the terms set out in the Strategic Alliance Agreement                                                                                                                                                                                        
 Strategic Alliance Agreement  the agreement of that name dated 6 November 2012 between Bowleven and Petrofac                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
 2D                            two dimensional                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 $                             United States of America Dollars                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 
 
Notes: 
 
Prospective resources, contingent resources and reserves shall have the
meanings given to them by the guidance on petroleum resources classification
contained in the 2007 SPE Petroleum Management System published jointly by the
Society of Petroleum Engineers, The American Association of Petroleum
Geologists, the World Petroleum Council and the Society of Petroleum
Evaluation Engineers. 
 
For the purposes of this announcement, 6 mscf of gas has been converted to 1
boe. 
 
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