Europa Oil & Gas plc / Index: AIM / Epic: EOG / Sector: Oil & Gas
10 January 2014

Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc (`Europa' or `the Company') Notification of Interest in Shares

Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc, the AIM listed oil and gas exploration and development company with a combination of producing and exploration assets in Europe, has received notification pursuant to the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules that, following the increase in the Company's total number of ordinary shares to 185,550,169 as announced on 9 January 2014, William Ahlefeldt-Laurvig is now the beneficial owner of
25,502,442 ordinary shares representing 13.7% of the Company's issued share capital.

**ENDS**

For further information please visit www.europaoil.com or contact:

Hugh Mackay

Europa

+ 44 (0) 20 7224 3770

Phil Greenhalgh

Europa

+ 44 (0) 20 7224 3770

Matt Goode

finnCap Ltd

+44 (0) 20 7220 0500

Henrik Persson

finnCap Ltd

+44 (0) 20 7220 0500

Frank Buhagiar

St Brides Media and Finance Ltd

+44 (0) 20 7236 1177

Lottie Brocklehurst

St Brides Media and Finance Ltd

+44 (0) 20 7236 1177

Notes

Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc has a diversified portfolio of multi-stage hydrocarbon assets that includes production, exploration and development interests, in countries that are politically stable, have transparent licensing processes, and offer attractive terms. The Company produced 182 boepd in the UK during the 2012/2013 financial year, generating sufficient revenues to cover corporate overheads. Its highly prospective exploration projects include the Wressle prospect in the UK where a well is due to be drilled later in the near term; 100% owned gas exploration prospect (416 bcf) and appraisal project (CPR 277 bcf) in onshore France; and a joint venture with leading independent Kosmos to explore two licences in offshore Ireland in which Europa has identified two prospects with estimated gross mean un-risked indicative resources of 482 million barrels oil and 1.6 billion barrels oil respectively.

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