Investors Information

• DIRECTORS, SECRETARY AND ADVISERS

• Directors

  Ian Roderick Gowrie-Smith (Non-Executive Chairman)
  Dr David John Bennett (Chief Executive Officer)
  Peter Trevor Wright (Finance Director)
  David Lees (Executive Director)
  John Bentley (Non-Executive Director)
  Peter Mikkelsen (Non-Executive Director)
  Dr John Robert Conolly (Non-Executive Director)

• Current Shareholdings
  Directors	Existing No. Shares	Existing Holding	Existing Warrants
  David Lees*	67,000,000	13.2%	0
  Ian Gowie Smith*	67,000,000	13.2%	0
  Dave Bennet*	17,923,077	3.5%	500,000
  Total	151,923,077	30.0%	500,000
  Other Significant Shareholders	Existing No. Shares	Existing Holding	Existing Warrants
  Nigel Wray*	26,875,000	5.3%	10,937,500
  Hardie Oceanic	29,230,769	5.8%	0
  Rawson Taranaki	27,307,692	5.4%	0
  Marybourne Limited	22,500,000	4.4%	5,000,000
  Bill Treuren	16,923,077	3.3%	0
  Number of Shares in Issue		Shares not in Public Hands
  507,605,000		209,661,538
  * Consolidated for family holdings and /or investment vehicles
  - There are no shares held as treasury shares
  - There are no restrictions on the transfer of Kea's AIM securities

• Other Exchanges

  Kea Petroleum plc has only one class of securities (ordinary shares) and has not applied or agreed to have any of its securities admitted or traded on any other exchange or trading platform

• Company Structure

  

• The Board

  The Board will meet regularly throughout the year. To enable the Board to perform its duties, each Director will have full access to all relevant information and to the services of the company secretary. If necessary, the Non-executive Directors may take independent professional advice at the Company’s expense within a budget approved by the Chairman.

  The Board includes four Non-executive Directors. The Board has established and delegated specific responsibilities to the committees set out below.

• Remuneration Committee

  Ian Gowrie-Smith, Peter Mikkelsen and John Bentley

  The Remuneration and Nomination Committee is to do everything and take all steps as might generally be desirable or necessary in connection with: making recommendations to the board in respect of board appointments; the review of the performance of the executive directors and set their remuneration and payment of bonuses; and make recommendations to the full board concerning the grant of share options to the Directors and employees, provided always that no Director will participate in decisions of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee concerning their own remuneration.

• Audit Committee

  Ian Gowrie-Smith, David Lees and John Bentley

  The Audit Committee is to do everything and take all steps as might generally be desirable or necessary in connection with ensuring that the financial performance of the Company is properly reported on and monitored; and meeting the auditors of the Company and reviewing their reports relating to accounts and internal control systems.

• Nominated Adviser and Broker

  RBC Capital Markets, 71 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4DE

• Registered Office, principal place of business and business address of the directors

  5-8 The Sanctuary London SW1P 3JS

• Competent Person

  MBA Petroleum Consultants,
  27 Douglas Street,
  PO Box 2098, Milton
  Queensland, 4064
  Australia

• Remuneration Committee

  Ian Gowrie-Smith, Peter Mikkelsen and John Bentley

• Audit Committee

  Ian Gowrie-Smith, David Lees and John Bentley

• Independant Consultants

  MBA Petroleum Consultants

  27 Douglas Street

  Milton, Queensland, PO Box 2098 / 4064 Australia

  +61 7 3367 3822

• Auditors and Reporting Accountants

  Grant Thornton UK LLP

  Melton Steet, Euston Square

  London, NW1 2EP United Kingdom

• Solicitor to the Company (English Law)

  Fasken Martineau LLP

  17 Hanover Square

  London, W1S 1HU United Kingdom

• Solicitor to the Company (New Zealand Law)

  Gavin Adlam BCA LLB

  Barrister and Solicitor

  Wellington, P O Box 10 532 New Zealand

• Solicitors to the Placing

  Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP
  35 Vine Street,
  London EC3N 2AA

• Registrars

  Capita Registrars
  Northern House,
  Woodsome Park,
  Fenay Bridge,
  Huddersfield HD8 0GA

• Website

  www.keapetroleum.com