TGL TransGlobe Energy Corporation

TransGlobe Energy Corporation (“TransGlobe” or the “Company”) (AIM & TSX:  “TGL” & NASDAQ:  “TGA”) announces that it was notified on September 28, 2018 that on the same day Ross Clarkson disposed of common shares as follows: 

PDMR	Number of Common Shares Disposed	Price($USD)		Number of Common Shares held following the transaction	% of Company's issued share capital held
Ross Clarkson	500,000	$	3.35448	1,844,493	2.5%

Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(3) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014

1.	Details of PDMR
a)	Name	Ross Clarkson
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	CEO
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer
a)	Name	TransGlobe Energy Corporation
b)	Legal Entity Identifier	549300QMNS6BDY8UUB03
4.	Details of the transaction(s)
a)	Description of the financial instrument	Common Shares
b)	Identification code	ISIN for TransGlobe Energy Corporation Ordinary Shares: CA8936621066
c)	Nature of the transaction	Disposal of Shares
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price ($USD)   Volume$3.35448          500,000
e)	Aggregated information
	• Aggregated volume	500,000 common shares
	• Aggregated price	$3.35448 USD per share
f)	Date of the transaction	September 28, 2018
g)	Place of the transaction	Calgary, Canada

About TransGlobe

TransGlobe Energy Corporation is a Calgary-based, growth-oriented oil and gas exploration and development company whose current activities are concentrated in the Arab Republic of Egypt and Canada. TransGlobe's common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange under the symbol TGL and on the NASDAQ Exchange under the symbol TGA.

For further information, please contact:

Investor RelationsTelephone: 403.264.9888 Email: investor.relations@trans-globe.com Web site:  http://www.trans-globe.com

TransGlobe Energy	Via FTI Consulting
Ross Clarkson, Chief Executive Officer Randy Neely, President Eddie Ok, Chief Financial Officer	www.trans-globe.com
Canaccord Genuity (Nomad & Joint Broker)	+44 (0) 20 7523 8000
Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor James Asensio
GMP First Energy (Joint Broker)	+44(0)207 448 0200
Jonathan Wright
FTI Consulting (Financial PR)	+44 (0) 203 727 1000
Ben Brewerton Emerson Clarke Genevieve Ryan	transglobeenergy@fticonsulting.com

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