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Lingohr & Partner Asset Management GmbH / Rule 8.3 29.01.2015 14:20 Dissemination of a Regulatory Announcement, transmitted byDGAP - a service of EQS Group AG.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.--------------------------------------------------------------------------- FORM 8.3 PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORERule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the 'Code') 1. KEY INFORMATION (a) Identity of the person whose positions/ dealings are being disclosed: Lingohr & Partner Asset Management GmbH (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positionsdisclosed, if different from 1(a):The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Afren PLCUse a separate form for each offeror/offeree (d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree,state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree: (e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 28.01.2015 (f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today NOdisclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to thisoffer? 2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE (a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeroror offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any) Class of relevant security: ORD GBP 0.01 Interests Short positions Number % Number %(1)Relevant securities owned 0 0 and/or controlled:(2)Derivatives (other than options): (3)Options and agreements to purchase/sell: TOTAL: 0 0 All interests and all short positions should be disclosed. Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements topurchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a SupplementalForm 8 (Open Positions). (b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and otherexecutive options) Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription rightexists:Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevantpercentages: If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than oneclass of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copytable 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevantsecurity. 3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE (a) Purchases and sales Class of relevant security Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit securitiesORD GBP 0.01 Sale 10,701,178 0.0526 - 0.0603 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Pricerelevant description e.g. opening/closing a long/ reference per unitsecurity e.g. CFD short position, increasing/ securities reducing a long/short position (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Class Product Writing, Number of Exer- Type Exp- Optionof descrip- purchasing, securities cise e.g. iry moneyrelev- tion selling, to which price Americ- date paid/ant e.g. varying etc. option per an, receivedsecur- call relates unit Europe- per unitity option an etc. (ii) Exercising Class of relevant Product Number of Exercise Pricesecurity description securities per unit e.g. call Option (d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) Class of relevant Nature of dealing Details Price per unit security e.g. subscription, (if applicable) conversion The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated. Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevantsecurities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b),(c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant securitydealt in. 4. OTHER INFORMATION (a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement orunderstanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities whichmay be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by thePerson making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any Personacting in concert with a party to the offer:If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state'none' none (b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options orderivatives Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal orinformal, between the person making the disclosure and any other Personrelating to:(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevantsecurities to which any derivative is referenced:If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state'none' none (c) Attachments Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO Date of disclosure: 29.01.2015Contact name: Carsten RaaymannTelephone number: -49-211-95707-145 Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a RegulatoryInformation Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel atmonitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit isavailable for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosurerequirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129. The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk. 29.01.2015 The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements,Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: EnglishCompany: Lingohr & Partner Asset Management GmbH Heinrich-Hertz-Str. 2 40699 Erkrath GermanyPhone: +49 (0)211-95707-0Fax: +49 (0)211-95707-114E-mail: compliance@lingohr.deInternet: www.lingohr.deCategory Code: RETTIDM: Sequence Number: 2495Time of Receipt: Jan 29, 2015 14:20:12 End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------UK-Regulatory-announcement transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.