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ENSCO PLC	Meeting Information
	Meeting Type: Annual General Meeting
	For holders as of:	30 March 2012
	Date: 22 May 2012	Time: 8:00 a.m. London Time / 3:00 p.m.
		Eastern Time
ATTN: INVESTOR RELATIONS 500 NORTH AKARD STREET SUITE 4300 DALLAS, TX 75201	Location: Ensco plc 6 Chesterfield Gardens 3rd Floor London, W1J 5BQ, United Kingdom
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		Voting Items


		The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the resolutions in proposals 1 through 9 and FOR the non- binding advisory vote in proposal 10.
		1.		An ordinary resolution to re-elect C. Christopher Gaut as a Class I director of Ensco plc for a term to expire at the annual general meeting of shareholders to be held in 2015.
		2.		An ordinary resolution to re-elect Gerald W. Haddock as a Class I director of Ensco plc for a term to expire at the annual general meeting of shareholders to be held in 2015.
		3.		An ordinary resolution to re-elect Paul E. Rowsey, III as a Class I director of Ensco plc for a term to expire at the annual general meeting of shareholders to be held in 2015.
		4.		An ordinary resolution to re-elect Francis S. Kalman as a Class II director of Ensco plc for a term to expire at the annual general meeting of shareholders to be held in 2013.
		5.		An ordinary resolution to re-elect David A. B. Brown as a Class III director of Ensco plc for a term to expire at the annual general meeting of shareholders to be held in 2014.
		6.		An ordinary resolution to ratify the Audit Committee’s appointment of KPMG LLP as our U.S. independent registered public accounting firm for 2012.


7.		An ordinary resolution to re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as our U.K. statutory auditors under the U.K. Companies Act 2006 (to hold office until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company).
8.		An ordinary resolution to authorize the Audit Committee to determine our U.K. statutory auditors’ remuneration.
9.		An ordinary resolution to approve our 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
10.		A non-binding advisory approval of the compensation of our named executive officers.