AIM Disclosure

8 June 2016

Baron Oil plc

("Baron" or "the Company")

AIM Disclosure

The Board of Baron announces, in accordance with Rule 17 and Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for Companies, that it has today been notified by Dr Malcolm Butler, a non-executive director of the Company, that Max Petroluem plc, a company on whose board Dr Butler was a non-executive director until 23 December 2015, was placed into administration on 23 May 2016.

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Baron Oil Plc

Bill Colvin (Chairman & CEO)                                         Tel: +44 (0) 7780 684 108

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