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Limassol, April 18, 2017 Reference is made to the announcement on 22 March 2017 regarding S.D. Standard Drilling Plc.'s ("SDSD" or the "Company") acquisition of shares in New World Supply Ltd. from Royal London Asset Management to be settled by issuance of 35,000,000 new shares in SDSD (the "Consideration Shares").

The Consideration Shares have now been validly and legally issued and registered in the VPS and will be tradable on Oslo Axess immediately. Following the issuance of the Consideration Shares, the share capital of the Company has been increased to USD 10,570,000 divided into 1,057,000,000 shares with a par value of USD 0.01 each, all of which are fully paid. For further information please contact: General Manager Evangelia Panagide at +357 99 77 11 16, or Chairman of the Board Martin Nes at +47 92 01 48 14

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