AWDR - Primary Insider Disclosure

Awilco Drilling PLC (AWDR) announces that on 23(rd) September, 2015 the
following synthetic share transactions occurred:

Roddy Smith, Executive Vice President, has had 3,934 synthetic shares in AWDR
automatically exercised under the Synthetic Share Plan at a price of NOK 40.09.
After this transaction Roddy Smith holds 81,117 synthetic shares.


Aberdeen, 23 September 2015


For more information please contact:

Jon Oliver Bryce, CEO
Phone +44 1224 737900

Cathrine Haavind, IR Manager
Phone: +47 93 42 84 64


This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section
5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.



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