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PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
20th May, 2010

TETHYS OIL: THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF TETHYS OIL

The Annual General Meeting of Tethys Oil AB was held in Stockholm, Sweden, on 19 May, 2010.

Annual Report and discharge from liability
The Income Statement and the Balance Sheet for the Company and the Group respectively were approved and the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer were discharged from liability for the financial year 2009.

Resolution in respect of appropriation of the company's result
The Meeting resolved that the disposable earnings of TSEK 150,259 of which the loss for the year, TSEK -30,327 should be brought forward and that no dividend be paid.

Election of Board of Directors, Chairman and auditors and resolution on remuneration
Vincent Hamilton, John Hoey, Magnus Nordin, Jan Risberg and Håkan Ehrenblad were appointed to the Board of Directors (all re-elected).

Vincent Hamilton was re-elected as Chairman of the Board.

The Meeting approved a total compensation to the Board of Directors of SEK 350,000 to be allocated with an amount of SEK 100,000 to each of Håkan Ehrenblad, Jan Risberg and John Hoey. In addition, the Chairman of each of the two Board committees shall receive SEK 25,000, in total SEK 50,000.

The auditors' fees shall be paid upon approval of their invoice.

Authorization to issue shares
The Meeting resolved to authorize the Board of Directors to resolve, at one or more occasions until the next Annual General Meeting, to issue new shares with consideration in cash and/or with consideration in kind or by set-off or otherwise with conditions and thereby be able to resolve to disapply the shareholders pre-emption rights. The purpose with the authorization and the reason for disapplying the shareholders' pre-emption rights is to enable the Company to make business acquisitions and to raise capital for the Company's business operations. The total number of shares that can be issued based on the authorization may not exceed 10 per cent of the shares. In case it is resolved to disapply from the shareholders pre-emption rights, the share issue shall be made in accordance with market conditions.

Nomination Process for the AGM in 2011
The Meeting resolved to appoint Jan Risberg, who is an independent and non-executive member of the Board, to invite four of the largest shareholders of the company to form a Nomination Committee. The names of the members of the Nomination Committee shall be announced not later than six months prior to the Annual General Meeting in 2011.

The Nomination Committee shall prepare the following proposals for resolutions to the Annual General Meeting in 2011: (i) proposal for Chairman of the meeting; (ii) proposal for members of the Board of Directors; (iii) proposal for Chairman of the Board of Directors; (iv) proposal for remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors, distinguishing between the Chairman and other members of the Board and remuneration for Committee work; (v) proposal for remuneration of the Company's auditors; and (vi) proposal for principles of the nomination process for the AGM in 2011. If the shareholding in the Company is significantly changed before the Nomination Committee's work is completed, a change in the composition of the Nomination Committee may take place. The Nomination Committee shall remain in office until a new Nomination Committee has been appointed.


This release is an extract of that published by the Issuer. Accordingly, MAC Capital Limited accepts no responsibility to the accuracy of the information provided.

About Tethys Oil AB

Tethys Oil is a Swedish energy company focused on identification and development for production of oil and natural gas assets in the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. Tethys' strategy is to primarily invest in projects in areas with known oil and natural gas discoveries that have not been properly appraised using modern technology. In this way, high returns can be achieved with limited risk.

The company has interests in licences in Oman, Morocco, France, Spain, Turkey and Sweden. The shares are listed on First North (TETY) in Stockholm. Remium AB is Certified Adviser.

Website: www.tethysoil.com

For further information, please contact
Magnus Nordin
Managing Director
Phone +46 8 679 4995
magnus@tethysoil.com

NOTES FOR THE EDITOR:

About MAC Capital Limited.

MAC Capital Limited is regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority and is a member of the NASDAQ Dubai. The group’s shareholders include international stock brokers, investment banks and private banks, including:

- Patersons Securities                                Australia
- Quam Securities Co., Ltd.                       Hong Kong
- Killik & Co.                                                 United Kingdom
- Syrus Securities Plc.                                Thailand
- Banque Morval                                          Switzerland
- Capital Partners Securities Co., Ltd.    Japan
- Lloyd Edward-Jones                                France

and a number of prominent international businessmen. Its website is www.maccapital.ae

In Dubai, its affiliate MAC Sharaf Securities (U.A.E.) LLC, is a fully licenced stock broker on the Dubai Financial Market (“DFM”) and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (“ADX”) and its Dubai-based partners are the Sharaf Group and Major General Mohammed Abdul Rahim Al Ali.

 

 
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