Director Dealing Issue of Stock Options London Stock Exchange:SENX

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JERSEY, Channel Islands, Dec. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Serinus Energy plc ('Serinus', 'SEN' or the 'Company') (AIM:SENX, WSE:SEN), announces that the Company's Board of Directors have approved the granting of 6,203,000 stock options to senior executives and staff employees of the of the Company at a strike price of £0.1475 per share option. Certain persons discharging managerial responsibilities were recipients of stock option as detailed at the end of this announcement.

About Serinus
Serinus is an international upstream oil and gas exploration and production company that owns and operates projects in Tunisia and Romania.

For further information, please refer to the Serinus website (www.serinusenergy.com) or contact the following:

Serinus Energy plc
Jeffrey Auld, Chief Executive Officer
Calvin Brackman, Vice President, External Relations & Strategy +1-403-264-8877 Numis Securities Limited
(Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)
John Prior
Paul Gillam
Ben Stoop +44 (0) 20 7260 1000 GMP FirstEnergy
(Joint Broker)
Hugh Sanderson
Jonathan Wright +44 (0) 20 7448 0200 Camarco
(Financial PR)
Billy Clegg
Owen Roberts +44 (0) 20 3781 8334 TBT i Wspólnicy
(Financial PR - Warsaw)
Piotr Talarek +48 22 487 53 02

Forward Looking Statement Disclaimer
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Translation: This news release has been translated into Polish from the English original.

1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated Reason for the notification a) Name Jeffrey Auld Tracy Heck Calvin Brackman Alexandra Damascan 2 Reason for the notification a) Position/status Jeffrey Auld (Chief Executive Officer) Tracy Heck (Chief Financial Officer) Calvin Brackman (VP, External Relations & Strategy) Alexandra Damascan (President, Serinus Energy Romania) b) Initial notification Initial Notification /Amendment 3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a) Name Serinus Energy Plc b) LEI 549300W183KUX62DVI32 4 Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted a) Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Ordinary Shares of no par value
Identification code JE00BF4N9R98 b) Nature of the transaction Grant of options to senior executives c) Price(s) and volume(s) PDMR Volume Strike price (GBP) Jeffrey Auld 2,500,000 0.1475 Tracy Heck 2,200,000 0.1475 Calvin Brackman 700,000 0.1475 Alexandra Damascan 230,000 0.1475

d) Aggregated information PDMR Volume Total aggregate value at strike price (GBP) Jeffrey Auld 2,500,000 368,750 - Aggregated volume Tracy Heck 2,200,000 324,500 Calvin Brackman 700,000 103,250 - Price Alexandra Damascan 230,000 33,925 e) Date of the transaction 03 December 2018 f) Place of the transaction Off Market

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