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SOCO International plc

("SOCO" or "the Company")

TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS

The following notification is made in accordance with the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

As at 31 March 2010, SOCO's capital consists of 82,691,972 ordinary shares of £0.20 each with voting rights. SOCO currently holds 27,500 shares in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in SOCO is 82,664,472.

The above figure (82,664,472) may be used by shareholders as a denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, SOCO International plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.