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Heritage Oil Limited ("Heritage" or the "Company") (TSX:HOC)(LSE:HOIL), an independent upstream exploration and production company, announces that at its Annual General Meeting, held yesterday, all resolutions put to Shareholders were duly passed.

Set out below are the voting results in respect of the resolutions proposed at the meeting. The number of ordinary shares and exchangeable shares carrying a vote in Heritage in issue at that date was 286,443,642.

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Description                   Votes       % Votes Cast                Votes
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RESOLUTION 1            163,718,911              99.95               75,000
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RESOLUTION 2            137,065,605              84.62           24,903,323
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RESOLUTION 3            162,839,732              99.33            1,095,585
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RESOLUTION 4            161,692,980              98.57            2,342,337
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RESOLUTION 5            164,005,463              99.98               29,854
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RESOLUTION 6            163,461,299              99.84              258,854
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RESOLUTION 7            163,884,502              99.94              104,854
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RESOLUTION 8            114,300,167              70.43           47,988,537
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RESOLUTION 9            164,035,317             100.00                    -
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RESOLUTION 10           164,035,317             100.00                    -
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RESOLUTION 11           162,868,900              99.29            1,166,417
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RESOLUTION 12           163,959,892              99.95               75,425
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Change of name

Resolution 9 changes the name of the Company to Heritage Oil Plc. Accordingly, the website address will be changing shortly to www.heritageoilplc.com.

Notes to Editors

- Heritage is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The trading symbol is HOIL. Heritage has a further listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:HOC).

- Heritage is an independent upstream exploration and production company engaged in the exploration for, and the development, production and acquisition of, oil and gas in its core areas of Africa, the Middle East and Russia.

- Heritage has a producing property in Russia and exploration projects in Uganda, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malta, Pakistan, Tanzania and Mali.

- For further information please refer to our website at www.heritageoilltd.com

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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION:

Except for statements of historical fact, all statements in this news release - including, without limitation, statements regarding production estimates and future plans and objectives of Heritage - constitute forward-looking information that involve various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate; actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from anticipated results include risks and uncertainties such as: risks relating to estimates of reserves and recoveries; production and operating cost assumptions; development risks and costs; the risk of commodity price fluctuations; political and regulatory risks; and other risks and uncertainties as disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" in its Prospectus and elsewhere in Heritage documents filed from time-to-time with the London Stock Exchange and other regulatory authorities. Further, any forward-looking information is made only as of a certain date and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking information or statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made or reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as may be required by applicable securities laws. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management of the Company to predict all of these factors and to assess in advance the impact of each such factor on the Company's business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking information.

For more information, please contact Heritage Oil Limited Tony Buckingham CEO +44 (0) 1534 835 400 or Heritage Oil Limited Paul Atherton CFO +44 (0) 1534 835 400 info@heritageoilltd.com or Heritage Oil Limited - Investor Relations Tanya Clarke +44 (0) 20 7518 0838 tc@heritageoilltd.com www.heritageoilltd.com or Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial - PR - Europe Nick Lambert +44 (0) 20 7861 3232 NLambert@bell-pottinger.co.uk or Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial - PR - Europe Andrew Benbow +44 (0) 20 7861 3232 ABenbow@bell-pottinger.co.uk or CHF Investor Relations - Investor Relations - Canada Cathy Hume +1 416 868 1079 x231 cathy@chfir.com or CHF Investor Relations - Investor Relations - Canada Lindsay Carpenter +1 416 868 1079 x239 lindsay@chfir.com